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Fake Independence and Reel Truth, Pt. 2: A look back at the criticism of Ray...
Read Part 1 We want our knowledge easy. We want experiences that will snap like Legos into place with what we are already familiar with. But that’s what great art never does. It gets us out of our old...
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Interiors Journal: Haneke’s Amour by Interiors Journal
Every month, Interiors Journal dissects the floorplan of a film set to investigate the relationship between space and action. This month they’re focusing their attention on Michael Haneke’s Academy...
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Fake Independence and Reel Truth, Pt. 3: Plastic emotions and lite art by Ray...
Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 4 Surely I’m not the only person in America weary of stylistic games and jokes. I can’t be the only one who wants a movie to teach me something, to change me—not...
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Love and the Bomb: Sally Potter returns to 1960′s London with Ginger & Rosa...
Alice Englert, Sally Potter and Elle Fanning.Photo by Nicola Dove. From Orlando, her audacious breakthrough film (based on a Virginia Woolf novel many considered unadaptable) to the stylistically...
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Fake Independence and Reel Truth, Pt. 4: Approaching a film set with a truly...
Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 My favorite metaphor for thinking about artists is as students and teachers. (Since I’m a teacher, I admit that my occupation probably biases me.) Like students and...
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East of Eden: Megan Griffiths’ harrowing tale of sex-trafficking and survival...
Eden, Megan Griffiths’ stunning new film, exists within the perverted—and unsettlingly pervasive—world of human sex trafficking. A lucrative global industry, the CIA estimates that 50,000 women and...
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The Malevolent Bacchanal: Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine gives his...
As Josh Ralske writes in his forthcoming MovieMaker interview, “I was never really a fan of Harmony Korine’s work. I saw Kids (directed by Larry Clark) and Gummo, and parts of Julien Donkey-Boy and...
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Sundance for $60,000: Daniel Hoesl’s Soldate Jeannette is a masterclass in...
Anyone familiar with the films of Mike Leigh knows that, in the right hands, the seed of a story—a loveable abortionist plying her trade in ultra-conservative 1950′s England; a successful black woman...
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The Silent Revolution: In the footsteps of The Artist, Pablo Berger’s...
Spanish writer-director Pablo Berger made a name for himself with his offbeat 2003 debut feature, Torremolinos 73, about an unlikely married couple who become the director and star of adult films—and...
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Narcotic Harmony: An American provocateur wages a war against the senses with...
I was never really a fan of Harmony Korine’s work. I saw Kids (directed by Larry Clark) and Gummo, and parts of Julien Donkey-Boy and Trash Humpers, and I felt as though a malevolent spirit informed...
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My Brother the Devil: Sally El Hosaini recounts the five-year struggle to...
All film is in some way political—whether you like it or not. It’s good to be conscious of that as a filmmaker. When I first started writing the script for My Brother the Devil, it was just after the...
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Fake Independence and Reel Truth, Pt. 2: A look back at the criticism of Ray...
Read Part 1 We want our knowledge easy. We want experiences that will snap like Legos into place with what we are already familiar with. But that’s what great art never does. It gets us out of our old...
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Blackmailing Prostitutes: Antonio Campos explores the disturbing mind of...
Judging by his two features—2008’s unsettling Afterschool (about a teenager who accidentally films the deaths of two students) and now Simon Killer—it’s clear writer-director Antonio Campos is...
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This Film Isn’t Real: Maja Milos’ Tiger Award-winning debut, Clip, rewrites...
On a Saturday afternoon at AFI Fest last November, I walked into a 4:15 PM screening of a Serbian film called Clip by first-time director, Maja Milos. I knew from the press images that it was at least...
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The Kill Team: Dan Krauss discusses the Whistleblowing Murderer in his new...
Dan Krauss’ riveting, disturbing, morally probing documentary, The Kill Team, celebrated its world premiere this week at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The Kill Team tells the story of Specialist Adam...
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Kon-Tiki Redux: Norwegian MovieMakers bring Oscar-nominated film to US by...
Kon-Tiki is a new, much buzzed-about film from Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, which depicts a historic expedition across the Pacific Ocean by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl. KON-TIKI Trailer...
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Dethroning Hollywood: Soderbergh’s “State of Cinema” speech goes viral by...
By now you’ve probably heard about the address Steven Soderbergh gave yesterday at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) concerning the state of modern cinema. The speech was intended,...
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Stand Clear of the Closing Doors: Sam Fleischner Weaves a Classic New York...
This year, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors from director Sam Fleischner was my favorite narrative feature at Tribeca, where it had its World Premiere last week. Sam Fleischner’s film, which was shot...
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Decoding Annie Parker: Veteran Cinematographer Takes Turn at the Helm by Bob...
Decoding Annie Parker marks the feature film directing debut of long-time indie cinematographer Steven Bernstein, ASC, who has over 40 cinematography credits, beginning with Conspiracy in 1989....
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Venus and Serena: A doc about two of the best tennis players in history goes...
Co-directors Michelle Major and Maiken Baird.Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Superstars of the tennis world, Venus and Serena Williams have been winning championships for over a decade, showing...
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