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Interview: Laura Wandel – Adam’s Sake (L’Intérêt d’Adam)

For her sophomore feature, Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel continues her rigorous exploration of childhood as a site of ethical conflict, institutional pressure, and emotional...

Interview: Delphine Girard – Quitter la nuit (Through the Night)

Belgian filmmaker Delphine Girard's debut film takes a plunge into the murky world she created with her 2018 short film Une sœur - an...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #99. Eugène Green’s Le fils de Joseph

Director: Eugène Green Writer: Eugène Green American born French director Eugène Green usually premieres his films at Locarno, though despite critical acclaim many fail to get considerable...

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.