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 […]
World Cinema
Arnaud Desplechin: ‘Each character must have a mystery’
Arnaud Desplechin and star Mathieu Amalric discuss Ismael’s Ghosts, what they bring to each other, the bigger-than-life characters they create and play, and the secrets that they keep.
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.
Sundance Review: Sewitsky’s touching and complex Homesick is among the festival’s best
Norwegian filmmaker Anne Sewitsky’s Homesick is moving, funny, and devastating — and one of the best films at Sundance 2015. Homesick is now streaming on Netflix UK
Director Sebastián Silva on his psychological thriller Magic Magic
For the last two weeks, Chilean writer-director Sebastián Silva has been in San Francisco as the Winter 2014 Artist in Residence with the San Francisco Film Society, talking about his craft with high school and college students, as well as other filmmakers. He also gave a Q&A at a special screening of his most recent […]