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Cannes Film Festival

Elena Lazic / July 8, 2018

‘You have to stimulate the viewers, but also guide them:’ Jaime Rosales on Petra

In Cannes, director Jaime Rosales discusses playing with the viewer's emotions and expectations, balancing a nonchalant acting style with a contrasted dramatic …

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Chloé Zhao, The Rider

Elena Lazic / April 27, 2018

Interview: Chloé Zhao on The Rider, her feminist film about masculinity

Chloé Zhao discusses The Rider and making a feminist film on masculinity. Brady Jandreau as Brady Blackburn in Chloé Zhao's The Rider, courtesy of …

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Oh Lucy, Atsuko Hirayanagi

Elena Lazic / March 7, 2018

Interview: Atsuko Hirayanagi on her female midlife crisis comedy Oh Lucy!

Atsuko Hirayanagi discusses her debut feature Oh Lucy!, a rare film that centres a complex middle-aged woman as the lead. …

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I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni

Elena Lazic / March 2, 2018

Director Rungano Nyoni on her Zambia-set debut I Am Not a Witch

Zambia-born, Cardiff-raised director Rungano Nyoni discusses her first feature I Am Not a Witch — which tackles patriarchal constraints on women in Zambia …

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Beguiled, Sofia Coppola

Mary Angela Rowe / June 30, 2017

Review: Grace and violence mingle in The Beguiled

In Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled, violence erupts in Miss Martha's seminary, poorly-defended citadel of virtue, but the women never lose their poise. …

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Elena Lazic's Cannes 2017 Diary

Elena Lazic / May 31, 2017

Elena Lazic’s Cannes 2017 Diary: tweets and more

My Cannes 2017 diary: Twitter reactions, reviews, and interviews about the films I saw in Cannes, covering the festival for @SeventhRow. I did not tweet about …

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