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Articles by Orla Smith

Orla Smith is the former Executive Editor of Seventh Row, a regular contributor at The Film Stage, and a freelance writer with bylines at JumpCut Online, Cinema Year Zero, and Girls on Tops. In her free time she makes movies.

A still of Kristine Thorp in Ninjababy next to a headshot of director Yngvild Sve Flikke. The text on the images reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / March 3, 2021

‘I’m sick of poetic sex scenes’: Yngvild Sve Flikke and Kristine Thorp on Ninjababy

Writer-director Yngvild Sve Flikke and actress Kristine Thorp discuss their subversive pregnancy comedy, Ninjababy, one of the best of the Berlinale.

A man hangs up a French flag on an outdoor pole in Nous. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / March 2, 2021

Berlinale Review: Alice Diop documents the Paris suburbs in Nous

Alice Diop’s documentary Nous is a portrait of Paris, told through intimate vignettes of citizens living in the suburbs.

A still of Magdalena Kolesnik in Sweat, next to a headshot of writer-director Magnus von Horn. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 27, 2021

‘Influencers are everywhere, yet there’s no films about them’: Magnus von Horn on Sweat

At the International Film Festival Rotterdam, we caught up with Magnus von Horn, writer-director of Sweat, who spoke about making one of the first great films about an influencer.

A young man and woman smile at someone off camera in this still from Aristocrats. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 22, 2021

IFFR Review: Aristocrats compares two women’s freedom in class-conscious Tokyo

Yukiko Sode’s Aristocrats, which world premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR), follows two Tokyo women of different social classes who are both romantically connected to the same man.

A still from Nomadland next to an image of cinematographer Joshua James Richards holding a camera. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 19, 2021

Cinematographer Joshua James Richards on Nomadland and the ‘magic hour hustle’

British cinematographer Joshua James Richards discusses his ongoing collaboration with Chloé Zhao, and how they captured the American landscape in Nomadland.

A headshot of writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat in front of a still of her film, I Blame Society. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 12, 2021

Gillian Wallace Horvat on turning herself into a serial killer in I Blame Society

In the mockumentary I Blame Society, writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat plays a murderous version of herself who makes a film about being a serial killer.

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