Just prior to heading over to NYFF and having just showed at the Venice Film Festival, via Andréa Picard's shrewd programming, the Wavelengths programme...
Keeping up its reputation as an awards season launchpad while not compromising on its recent philosophy of eclectic and daring competition programming, the Venice...
This year’s quintessential art doc, Leviathan is the latest feature from Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, the duo behind Sweetgrass and the driving force...
10. Leviathan
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel's follow-up to their fascinating depiction of traveling sheep herders in Sweetgrass, is this year's quintessential art doc. With...
Crustaceans & Coruscations: Castaing-Taylor and Paravel Pairing Offer Hyper-Stimulated Sound and Mounted Moving Camera Experience
The antithesis of a Jacques Cluzaud nature doc, Lucien Castaing-Taylor...
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.