Orla Smith interviews The Farewell director Lulu Wang about making cinema of her own life and framing a family. …
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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.
Orla Smith interviews The Farewell director Lulu Wang about making cinema of her own life and framing a family. …
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Orla Smith reviews Ari Aster's Midsommar, an exquisitely crafted horror with innovative sound design that unfortunately struggles to come together thematically. …
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In The Souvenir, Joanna Hogg demonstrates Julie’s development from a shy observer to the main character in her own story through the way Julie occupies the room …
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Orla Smith recaps the best films of the Sundance London Festival, including Animals, Corporate Animals, The Farewell, and The Nightingale. …
In anticipation of our book on The Souvenir and Joanna Hogg, we reflect on all the reasons why this British director is one of the best. In the meantime, sign …
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Alison Klayman discusses her new documentary, The Brink, a character study of Steve Bannon that spans a year.The Brink begins with Steve Bannon discussing the …