Tag: Michael Stein

Interview: Amat Escalante – Lost in the Night

From the very onset with his feature debut Sangre (2005), filmmaker Amat Escalante has proposed a cinema of provocation that simultaneously critiques corruption and...

Native Son | Review

(Not So) Good Times: Johnson Stumbles with Modern Homage to Richard Wright Marrying historical contexts to modern aesthetics is often an arresting avenue for consideration,...

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No Other Choice | Review

Slay the Competition: Chan-wook Explores the Horrors of Capitalism In...

Interview: Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee

Her cinema deals with female interiority under constraint, isolation...

Father Mother Sister Brother | Review

Terms of Estrangement: Jarmusch’s Amusing Triptych on Familial Labors If...

Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Zoe Stein & Agnès Pique Corbera – Forastera (2025)

Long before Bergman’s Persona undertook its psychological and existential...