British writer-director John Boorman has been making films since the 1960s, and has said that Queen and Country — a sequel to his autobiographical World War II-era story of childhood, Hope and Glory (1987) — which opened on Friday, will be his last. Set nine years after Hope and Glory in 1952, our hero Bill (Callum Turner) is […]
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem: Will she ever get her Gett?
Ronit and Shlomi Elkmbetz direct this grueling, heartbreaking courtroom drama. Gets: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, which follows a divorce case over five years, all from within the courtroom itself.
Great Movies: Oslo, August 31st and loneliness in the city
Joachim Trier’s brilliant and moving Oslo, August 31st is as much about its protagonist as it is about his generation and his city. Listen to our podcast on Oslo, August 31st here.
Review: What We Do in the Shadows is a hilarious vampire mockumentary
“Vampires have had a really bad rep. We’re not these mopey old creatures who live in castles — well, most of us are, a lot of us are — but there are also those of us who like to flat together in really small countries like New Zealand.” With these words, the 18th century dandy […]
SFFS Artist-in-Residence Sally El Hosaini on writing and directing My Brother the Devil
Sally El Hosaini’s directorial debut, My Brother the Devil, is a touching and sensitive story of two Arab brothers in Hackney, London. During her sojourn in San Francisco as the San Francisco Film Society’s Artist-in-Residence, I sat down with El Hosaini to discuss her writing process, working with non-actors, her shoot, and her approach to the film’s aesthetic. […]
Don’t be fooled by the title, Fifty Shades of Grey is Anastasia’s film
Fifty Shades of Grey is far more interested in Anastasia’s thoughts and conscious decisions than in giving Christian even a semblance of a personality.