Tag: top-stories
Video: Michel Franco – April’s Daughter (Las hijas de abril) – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
While some could say he was relegated or took a step down from the prestige of the Official Comp, the Cannes Film Festival has...
Video: Roman Polanski’s Based on a True Story – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Received with a rather chilly reception, the final film and press conference of the fest was for the non comp item closer by Roman...
Video: Belle de Jour (1967) | Jean-Claude Carrière – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
It's a section I rarely allow myself to venture towards during the madness of what is the Cannes film fest, but in most cases...
Video: Sean Baker’s The Florida Project – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
His first trip on the Croisette, Sean Baker's The Florida Project was presented in the Directors' Fortnight section as a world premiere screening. In...
Video: Chloé Zhao’s The Rider – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Here is pre-screening presentations for The Rider - the Directors' Fortnight selected film. Filmmaker Chloé Zhao and cast were present for her sophomore film world...
Video: Jonas Carpignano’s A Ciambra – 2017 Cannes Film Fest Post Screening Q&A
After premiering his debut film at the Venice Film Festival, Édouard Waintrop's Directors' Fortnight would beat out Critic's Week for the right to show...
Video: 2017 Cannes Press Conference Intro: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless
Before we leap ahead into the fall, we're looking back at some of our favorite moments on the Croisette. One of the most anticipated...
Video: Matt Ruskin’s Crown Heights – 2017 Sundance Film Fest Post Screening Q&A
"I was lucky to put their own words into the film" - Matt Ruskin
It was an emotional world premiere screening at the Library especially...
Interview: Janicza Bravo & Brett Gelman (Lemon)
I've been a fan of her work since being exposed to her gleefully sardonic award-winning short film Gregory Go Boom at Sundance back in 2014....
Video: Geremy Jasper’s Patti Cake$ – 2017 Sundance Film Fest Post Screening Q&A
"Patti is my alter-ego". - Geremy Jasper
A project that was nurtured via the various Sundance labs, Patti Cake$ played like gangbusters during its world premiere...
Top 5 Most Anticipated Venice Film Festival Picks: Ming-liang, Roskam, Pallaoro, Ferrara & Paravel/Castaing-Taylor
Keeping up its reputation as an awards season launchpad while not compromising on its recent philosophy of eclectic and daring competition programming, the Venice...
Interview: David Lowery (A Ghost Story)
Just prior to immersing himself into editing dock mode with the feature he shot earlier this summer (Old Man and the Gun - with...
Interview: Ana Asensio (Most Beautiful Island)
Winner of the 2017 Grand Jury Award at the SXSW film festival, I got to sit down with writer-director, producer and lead actress Ana Asensio at...
Video: Michael Almereyda’s Marjorie Prime – 2017 Sundance Film Fest Post Screening Q&A
“We got drunk in a bar last year and talked a lot about holograms.” – Michael Almereyda on his conversation with playwright Jordan Harrison.
Just...
Video: Janicza Bravo’s Lemon – 2017 Sundance Film Fest Post Screening Q&A
“We wrote it together and we ....share a bed.” – Janicza Bravo
Creative partners in crime and the most fashionable "it" couple I ran into...
The Wound | Review
Go Tell It on the Mountain: Trengove Recruits Nakhane Toure for Defiant, Profound Debut
South African director John Trengove tackles the compelling subject of black...
Exclusive: Trailer & Posters for Anita Rocha da Silveira’s Kill Me Please
Premiering at the 2015 Venice Film Festival (with subsequent important pitstops at SXSW and New Directors / New Films fests) Anita Rocha da Silveira’s much lauded feature...
Criterion Collection: Stalker | Blu-ray Review
Mystical, existential journeys appear in cinematic form every so often, sometimes challenging our understandings of the world around us as well as the social...
Interview: Bertrand Bonello (Nocturama)
We sat down with Bertrand Bonello shortly after the North American premiere of his controversial new film Nocturama, which competed at the 2016 Toronto...
Message from the King | Review
To Live and Die in LA: Du Welz Explores the Los Angeles Underbelly in Revenge Noir
Belgian auteur Fabrice Du Welz makes his English language...
Planetarium | Review
Night of the Shooting Stars: Zlotowski’s Mysterious Glance at a World on a Wire
As one character observes to another upon a chance reunion in...
Good Time | Review
White is Right: Pattinson Shines in the Grime of the Safdie Bros. Urban Squalor
American indie directors Joshua and Ben Safdie craft their most polished...
The Moderns (1988) | Review
Bujold’s last appearance with Alan Rudolph is in 1988’s The Moderns, a high-minded, sometimes amusing attempt to examine the potent ex-pat community of 1920s...
Trouble in Mind (1985) | Review
One of Alan Rudolph’s most idiosyncratic films is 1985’s Trouble in Mind, which features a buzzy ensemble of characters intersecting in the fictional Rainy...
Choose Me (1984) | Review
Of their three collaborations, the most intriguing Alan Rudolph film to feature Bujold is 1984’s Choose Me, which more or less focuses on two...
The Beguiling Bujold: The Quad Celebrates the Career of the French-Canadian Actress
A week-long retrospective sampling the impressive filmography of French Canadian actor Genevieve Bujold begins August 10th at The Quad, a cherry-picked bushel of cinematic...
After Love (L’Économie du couple) | Review
Tight on Space: Inside Lafosse's Claustrophobic Family Drama
Festival darling Joachim Lafosse returns with his seventh feature, After Love, a relatable but difficult film solidly...
Machines | Review
Navigating the sea of weathered faced laborers pulling in twelve-hour work shifts, Rahul Jain embraces the cinéma vérité aesthetic to relay a real time...
Brillo Box (3ȼ Off) | Review
What is Art Now? Skyler’s Personal Take on Warhol is Both Sincere & Insightful
Though the merits of pop artist Andy Warhol are still debated...
Video: Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River – 2017 Sundance Film Fest Post Screening Q&A
“Closure is this convenient thing we came up with in the Nineties.” – Taylor Sheridan
Seeing that his previous written work was also showed in...
Wind River | Review
A Shiver Runs Through It: Sheridan Helms Satisfying Final Segment of Crime Trilogy
Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Sicario, Hell or High Water) makes his directorial debut...
The Dark Tower | Review
Magic, the Smattering: Arcel’s Alchemy Proves Pointless in Pedestrian Adaptation
Arguably, expectations may have been set a bit too high for The Dark Tower, the...
Columbus | Review
Floating Weeds: Kogonada Looks at the Shape of Things in Masterful Debut
Kogonada, who may be familiar to most cineastes thanks to his video essays...
Kidnap | Review
Female of the Species: Berry Brings It in Middlebrow Action Drama
Playing like a throwback to 1990s studio thrillers starring Oscar caliber actresses navigating survival...
Detroit | Review
Horror Hotel: Bigelow and Boal Recount Grim Chapter of Racial Disparity
This year’s most harrowing horror movie, Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, happens to be based on...
Criterion Collection: L’Argent | Blu-ray Review
In more ways than one, L’Argent, the stunning final film of Robert Bresson, (anointed ‘patron saint of cinema’), plays like an eerie prequel to...
The Lovers | Blu-ray Review
A classy, complex affair, Azazel Jacobs scores his greatest achievement to date with The Lovers, taking a break from the adolescent, man-child ennui which...
Menashe | Review
Not Without My Son: Weinstein Crafts Tender, Orthodox Familial Drama
Graduating from documentary filmmaking to narrative cinema with Menashe, director Joshua Z. Weinstein examines universal...
Amnesia | Review
Never Forget: Schroeder Quietly Examines Cultural Identity in Isolation
In an intriguingly varied career, which was kick started during the early days of the Nouvelle...
From the Land of the Moon | Review
The Spa of Loneliness: Garcia’s Clunky Wartime Romance
Though she’s perhaps still best known as a prolific actress, Nicole Garcia has quietly built an impressive...
Atomic Blonde | Review
Hey There, Stoli Girl: Theron Crackles with a Cold War Climax
Giving new meaning to the term ‘blonde ambition,’ Charlize Theron steals the action icon...
Who the F**k is That Guy? | Review
When The Music Stops: Stone Plays Ghostwriter to Alago’s Autobiography
Ripping power chords and grainy black and white photos contextualize the atmosphere of the vibrant...
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World | Review
Beat The Drum: Bainbridge & Maiorana Define the Source for Our Favorite Music
Rarely do documentaries so tactfully strike at the very heart of what...
Dunkirk | Review
The Art of War: Nolan Wages War of the Senses in Visceral Reenactment
On all accounts as noble a cinematic endeavor as it is sheer...
Interview: Amat Escalante (The Untamed)
After three features steeped in what would could describe as hyperrealism, Amat Escalante makes a slight deviation, introducing towards fantastical elements in his fourth feature film....
Kekszakallu | Review
A Man’s World: Solnicki Scores with Experimental Exercise in Ennui and Agency
Standing as the most enigmatic art-house debut to achieve limited theatrical release stateside,...
Footnotes | Review
The Tread Shoes: Calori and Testut Hoof through Musical Homage
Directors Paul Calori and Kostia Testut face something of an uphill battle with their directorial...
The Untamed | Review
The Pleasure Principle: Escalante Makes a Monster Mash with Distinctive Social Drama
The shadow of Andrzej Zulawski’s infamous erotic creature feature/divorce melodrama Possession (1981) looms...
The Midwife | Review
Midwife Crisis: Provost Squanders Fine Cast in Trite Melodrama
The essence of French director Martin Provost’s latest film The Midwife is supposed to revolve around...
Kill, Baby…Kill! (1966) | Review
The Little Girl Who Kills Down the Lane: Bava’s Boffo Ghost Story Heavy on Atmosphere, Light on Narrative
Of all the famed giallo masters, Mario...
