Tag: Lorenzo Hagerman

2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Abner Benaim’s Plaza Catedral

Attempting to guess the less than a dozen titles in Sundance's World Dramatic comp section is a true crapshoot but seeing that Panamanian filmmaker...

Interview: Rick Alverson – The Mountain

The Mountain feels like a departure for Rick Alverson, whose brand of deliberately challenging and unconventional cinema is evolving beyond the scope of his...

The Mountain | Review

Who’s Wally?: Alverson Goes Retro with Punishing, Complex Period Drama Always intent on making his audience do some of the work, American indie helmer Rick Alverson...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #55. Rick Alverson – The Mountain

There are a slew of festival preemed goodies in Her Smell, Birds of Passage, Donnybrook, High Life, Gloria Bell, Fistful of Dirt  and even Errol...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...