Sebastián Lelio discusses A Fantastic Woman, his collaboration with actress Daniela Vega, balancing heightened style with realistic character work, and his thoughts on ‘political’ filmmaking. Read our Berlin 2017 review of the film here.
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‘At the cinema, I can believe in God’: Bruno Dumont on Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Bruno Dumont discusses the making of his Joan of Arc metal musical, Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc, achieving the film’s oddball comedy, and his aversion to cinematic moralising.
Agnès Varda’s Faces Places re-sensitizes us to the internet
In her new documentary, Faces Places, French New Wave director Agnès Varda interrogates the boundary between the internet and real life — an interest that is reflected in Varda’s personal Instagram.
Sundance 2018’s six most exciting breakout performances
Alex Heeney picks the six most exciting breakout actors at Sundance 2018.
The Wound explores masculinity and colonialism
John Trengove’s debut feature explores how colonization subtly re-defined an ancient Xhosa rite of passage into manhood.
Laura Anne Harris picks the six best performances of 2017
Laura Anne Harris takes a look at six of the best performances of 2017, from John Cho in Columbus to Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird, and examines what makes them so thoughtful and detailed. Read the rest of our best of the year content here.