Episode 8 of our podcast begins our discussion on the best of 2018 Canadian Cinema, through the lens of Canada’s Top Ten Film List. In this episode, we discuss Anthropocene, Edge of the Knife, Firecrackers, The Fireflies are Gone, and Freaks. Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival releases a list of Canada’s ten best […]
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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 […]
‘For me, cinema is where we can speak to our own fragility and vulnerability’: Mikhaël Hers discusses Amanda
Mikhaël Hers talks about his approach to tragedy in Amanda, which follows a young girl and her uncle as they reckon with the consequences of a terrorist attack. The film is screening in the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema festival at Lincoln Centre in NYC on March 9. If terrorist attacks are becoming more frequent in […]
Hidden gems at the Glasgow Film Festival: Diane, Pause
Orla wraps up her time at the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival by spotlighting three of the best films that screened there: Diane, Pause, and We are the weirdos. Discovering great films at a smaller film festival is a harder but far more satisfying experience than it is at a larger one. There’s a lot to […]
Birds of Passage co-director Ciro Guerra on genre, tragedy, and hope
Ciro Guerra discusses Birds of Passage, telling a familiar story in an original way, using genre as a Trojan horse for ideas, and much more. Read our interview with co-director Cristina Gallego here. Previously, Cristina Gallego talked to us about the sense of destiny in Birds of Passage, as well as the film’s striking visual […]
Cristina Gallego on fate and tradition in Birds of Passage
Cristina Gallego discusses the genesis of the project, the use of bright colours in a gangster film, and much more. Read our interview with co-director Ciro Guerra here.