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Amy Taubin
Regarding Mothers
By
Amy Taubin
May 2, 2022
Little women: Céline Sciamma's
Petite Maman
is an elliptical, dreamlike fable about the intergenerational intimacies of women
Infinite Spirit: Michael Snow
By
Amy Taubin
May 8, 2020
One of cinema’s primary colors, filmmaker Michael Snow remembers a rambunctious screening of a foundational work in New York
A New Old Master
By
Amy Taubin
May 8, 2020
Two new box sets finally bring to light the remarkable work of early women filmmakers
Interview: Garrett Bradley
By
Amy Taubin
January 31, 2020
One day at a time: the filmmaker on her standout Sundance doc
Time
, which follows a woman’s tireless efforts to get her husband released from prison
Interview: Céline Sciamma
By
Amy Taubin
December 4, 2019
Here’s looking at you: the director of
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
on the path of love and restoring lost histories
A House Divided
By
Amy Taubin
October 3, 2019
Bong Joon-ho’s tour de force
Parasite
, a highlight of NYFF57, is part twisty social thriller, part heart-stopping tragicomedy
Interview Excerpt: Céline Sciamma
By
Amy Taubin
September 27, 2019
Read an excerpt from an forthcoming interview with the director of
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
, one of the most anticipated films of the year
Interview: Kirill Mikhanovsky and Alice Austen
By
Amy Taubin
September 16, 2019
Risky business: the director and screenwriter behind
Give Me Liberty
on the difficult process of bringing their vision to the screen
The Highest Stakes
By
Amy Taubin
July 1, 2019
Matters of love and war fueled a beguiling and trenchant selection this year at Cannes
Ken Jacobs’s The Sky Socialist
By
Amy Taubin
June 14, 2019
The man upstairs: after roughly 55 years, the filmmaker has completed work on his legendary ode to Ferry Street
Cannes Interview: Jim Jarmusch
By
Amy Taubin
May 14, 2019
Eternal return: the director of Cannes-opener
The Dead Don’t Die
on his postmodern zombie flick
Dispatch: 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
By
Amy Taubin
May 10, 2019
High spirits: a handful of exciting documentaries enlivened this year‘s festival
The Truth Hurts
By
Amy Taubin
March 1, 2019
Read Taubin's take on
Honeyland
, screening this week at New Directors/New Films, among other festival standouts
Review: Greta
By
Amy Taubin
February 28, 2019
Something wicked: a contemporary fairy tale draws out the darkness of a twisted mother/daughter bond
Sundance Dispatch: Beats and The Vast of Night
By
Amy Taubin
January 30, 2019
Ecstasy and extraterrestrials: Slamdance surprises with a coming-of-age story and an alien invasion
Interview: Anna Zamecka
By
Amy Taubin
January 5, 2019
Burden of responsibility: the Oscar-shortlisted Polish filmmaker talks about capturing the complex family dynamics for a girl thrust into the role of caretaker
The Hand of Time
By
Amy Taubin
January 2, 2019
Jean-Luc Godard’s
The Image Book
has arrived in all its compendious, homemade splendor. Right-hand man Fabrice Aragno explains how it came to be
Flow Through Me
By
Amy Taubin
November 1, 2018
Willem Dafoe on his Oscar-nominated performance as Vincent Van Gogh in
At Eternity’s Gate
Review: Life and Nothing More
By
Amy Taubin
October 16, 2018
(Antonio Méndez Esparza, Spain/USA, CFI Releasing, Opening October 24)
Art and Craft: First-Person Shooter
By
Amy Taubin
September 10, 2018
Doubling as director and cinematographer, Reed Morano gets to the heart of the matter
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