Here is a preview of our interview with director Mike Leigh on Peterloo, from our new ebook Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration. To find out more and to purchase the book, click here. To read a review of the book, click here. After falling in love with Peterloo at the Toronto International Film […]
‘I wanted the film to be like a pop song’: Keith Behrman on Giant Little Ones
Canadian writer-director Keith Behrman on Giant Little Ones, a teen film about the ambiguity of sexual identity and the way internalized homophobia is poison to everyone.
‘Authenticity above all’: Todd Douglas Miller on Apollo 11
Director Todd Douglas Miller discusses his documentary Apollo 11 about the historic mission to the moon, sifting through archival footage, offering new perspectives, and getting the sound right.
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2019: Highlights
Here’s a look at some of the best films screening at the 2019 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in NYC, including Premiére Année (The Freshman), Keep an Eye Out!, and Raising Colours. Every year, the Film Society of Lincoln Centre curates some of the best of French Cinema in the last year for the Rendez-Vous with […]
Sundance 2019: Advocate, Bedlam, and more
Our capsule reviews spotlight three documentaries and two Scandinavian features we enjoyed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, including Advocate, Bedlam, Sonja: The White Swan, and Midnight Traveler. Watch out for them as they travel the festival circuit and arrive on home viewing platforms.
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Miles Davis: Birth of Cool
Sundance continues its mission to feature stories about important African American historical figures with worthy docs Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Miles Davis: Birth of Cool. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am In the last few years, Sundance has screened multiple biography documentaries about important literary and historical figures in 20th America that […]