The notoriously unpredictable and always confusing Gotham Awards revealed their nominations for the upcoming 34th gala, with Sean Baker’s Anora leading the pack. Anora...
Cyclo Maladroit: Social Safety Nets Deployed in Radwanski’s Latest
A Canadian agit dramaturgist whose portraits can be described as deeply humanist, in his third feature...
A Place on Earth: Silver’s Period Commune Channels Cinema-Verite
While his 2014 title Uncertain Terms still awaits theatrical release as it makes the rounds of...
A pair of sections that we've been covering almost since its inception, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced their selections for the New Auteurs...
With the American Film Festival in Wrocław comes the US in Progress co-production forum initiative. It also means that micro gems might trickle down from Europe...
Rebounds and Role-play: Silver’s Latest Returns to Uncomfortable Interactions
With his fourth feature film, Uncertain Terms, indie film director Nathan Silver advances the knack he...
A Room of One’s Own: Nathan Silver’s Uncomfortable Familial Exploration
Compelling, observant, and uncomfortably funny, Nathan Silver’s latest feature, Exit Elena, is pleasant surprise, a...
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.