Han Shuai’s feature debut, Summer Blur, follows thirteeen-year-old Guo in a hot summer in Wuhan where everyone seems to be exploiting women.
What to see at the 2021 Rendez-vous with French Cinema
The 2021 Rendez-vous with French Cinema features some of the best films of the year, as well as highlights like Should the Wind Drop, Mandibles, and Faithful.
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In Maria Schrader’s I Am Your Man, a cuneiform researcher is torn between her ethics and the appeal of a robot lover who meets all her needs.
Berlinale Review: The long goodbyes of Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman
In Céline Sciamma’s fifth feature, Petite Maman, getting to know your mother is like chasing after a ghost.
Danis Goulet on her Indigenous sci-fi thriller Night Raiders
Cree filmmaker Danis Goulet discusses her feature debut Night Raiders, which looks at motherhood and the horrors of residential schools through a sci-fi lens.
Agnieszka Holland on the secrets of her filmmaking process
For the North American release of her 2017 film, Spoor, Agnieszka Holland goes deep on her filmmaking process, working with actors, and how she develops a film’s aesthetic.