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Video Interview: Adam Leon – Italian Studies

NYC-based auteur Adam Leon brings high-profile talent and understated storytelling to Tribeca FF 2021 with Italian Studies, his third feature film. The indelible Vanessa...

Italian Studies | Review

Pieces of a Woman: Leon’s Latest Gets Lost in Own Identity Crisis Somewhere along the various perambulations of its conflicted protagonist, Adam Leon’s Italian Studies...

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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.

Club Kid | Review

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Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

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Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...