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Critical Dialogue: The Bling Ring

Critical Dialogue: The Bling Ring

By Max Nelson
6.18.2013

Is Sofia Coppola's latest a reflective meditation or a wealthy teenage wasteland?

Review: A Hijacking

Review: A Hijacking

By Jonathan Robbins
6.17.2013

Drama on the high seas! But is it ship-shape?

Interview: Marco Bellocchio

Interview: Marco Bellocchio

By Max Nelson
6.12.2013

The acclaimed director of Dormant Beauty, Fists in the Pocket, and Vincere discusses faith and the question of judgment in his work

Review: This Is The End

Review: This Is The End

By Max Kyburz
6.11.2013

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad end of the world

Review: In the Fog

Review: In the Fog

By Aaron Light
6.10.2013

The Nazi occupation tale reveals the lighter side of Belorussian director Sergei Loznitsa—relatively speaking

Review: Wish You Were Here

Review: Wish You Were Here

By Max Nelson
6.5.2013

Kieran Darcy-Smith's carefully calibrated debut about a friend gone missing is very accomplished, which might not be a good thing

Interview: Peter Strickland

Interview: Peter Strickland

By Violet Lucca
6.4.2013

Inside the world of Berberian Sound Studio with its film- and music-besotted director

Rep Diary: Robert Aldrich and Burt Lancaster

Rep Diary: Robert Aldrich and Burt Lancaster

By Nick Pinkerton
5.31.2013

Behind the über-masculine collaboration that spawned a ferocious history of the West in Apache, Vera Cruz, and Ulzana’s Raid

Cannes by Koehler: The Owners & Ate ver a luz

Cannes by Koehler: The Owners & Ate ver a luz

By Robert Koehler
5.31.2013

The politics of looking through the eyes of another, in this final dispatch

Review: Shadow Dancer

Review: Shadow Dancer

By Jared Eisenstat
5.30.2013

James Marsh’s restrained IRA thriller puts people above politics—even if its characters don’t

Festivals: Oberhausen

Festivals: Oberhausen

By Agnieszka Gratza
5.29.2013

Highlights from the 59th edition of the venerable short film festival

Review: Hannah Arendt

Review: Hannah Arendt

By Henry Giardina
5.28.2013

Margarethe von Trotta’s biographical film restages the question of moral—and critical—initiative

 
Review: In the House

Review: In the House

By Jared Eisenstat on 4.17.2013

Watching the watchmen: François Ozon takes aim at the bourgeoisie and the artists who mock them
Critical Dialogue: IMDb Nation

Critical Dialogue: IMDb Nation

By Max Nelson on 4.16.2013

Voices from the Internet: exploring the flora and fauna of IMDb
Interview: Terence Nance

Interview: Terence Nance

By Emma Myers on 4.15.2013

The director of An Oversimplification of Her Beauty talks about the organized chaos of love and filmmaking
Streaming Pile: Rare Anthologies

Streaming Pile: Rare Anthologies

By Laura Kern on 4.12.2013

Regardless of the decade, we've got your weird anthologies covered
Review: 42

Review: 42

By Graham Corrigan on 4.12.2013

Brian Helgeland indulges in America's two favorite pastimes: baseball and biopics
Review: The Angels’ Share

Review: The Angels’ Share

By Max Nelson on 4.11.2013

Ken Loach's kilted caper balances humor and social realism
Interview: Matías Piñeiro

Interview: Matías Piñeiro

By Jonathan Robbins on 4.9.2013

The director of Viola talks about working with friends, the women who pay him with sandwiches, and subtitles
Review: Upstream Color

Review: Upstream Color

By Violet Lucca on 4.8.2013

What does it all mean? A primer
Time Well Spent: Les Blank

Time Well Spent: Les Blank

By Justin Stewart on 4.8.2013

In honor of his passing, we repost this overview of Les Blank's collaborations and career, plus a short conversation with the filmmaker
Review: Trance

Review: Trance

By Emma Myers on 4.5.2013

Danny Boyle's latest remixes mental states and dreamscapes with techno beats

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