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Devika Girish

The Big Screen: Monos

By Devika Girish
September 11, 2019
Although director Alejandro Landes’s script keeps context to an evocative minimum, the shadow of Colombia’s tentatively concluded civil conflict is unmistakable

Interview: Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang

By Devika Girish
August 12, 2019
Family matters: the directors of One Child Nation on the psychological workings—and vestiges—of the decades-long Chinese policy

Write What You Know

By Devika Girish
June 4, 2019
Cheerfully on point, workplace comedy Late Night plays out complex issues with the easy candor of its star, Mindy Kaling

Report on Reason

By Devika Girish
April 19, 2019
Fear is not an option: Anand Patwardhan's essay film traces the pattern of political and sectarian violence across the modern history of India

Feeling Seen: We Need to Talk About Us

By K. Austin Collins and Devika Girish
April 10, 2019
Face off: a conversation about Jordan Peele’s Us and issues of horror, race, class, and criticism itself

Sundance Dispatch: Midnight Family & The Infiltrators

By Devika Girish
February 11, 2019
Broken systems: two Sundance films highlight the breakdowns that occur when the public good meets the free market

Sundance Dispatch: Clemency

By Devika Girish
February 4, 2019
In frame: Chinonye Chukwu’s film, which opens the 2019 ND/NF, features an extraordinary performance by Alfre Woodard as a conflicted prison warden

Sundance Dispatch: America

By Devika Girish
January 31, 2019
Parallel histories: Garrett Bradley's remarkable short interrogates representations of early Black filmmakers

Interview: Jennifer Kent

By Devika Girish
January 30, 2019
Love in dark times: The Nightingale director on bringing together distinct (but connected) narratives of gendered and racist violence

Sundance Dispatch: As Told to G/D Thyself

By Devika Girish
January 29, 2019
Astral traveling: The spirit of Afro-futurism is beautifully embodied in the all-star collective The Ummah Chroma's short film

Review: Cam + People’s Republic of Desire

By Devika Girish
December 4, 2018
Reaching out: in Cam and People’s Republic of Desire bodies are monetized, but at what cost?

Home Movies: AsianCrush

By Devika Girish
November 1, 2018
(A streaming service available on iOS, Android, Roku, AppleTV & more)

Review: Border

By Devika Girish
October 25, 2018
Sixth sense: an outsider learns to search within in Ali Abbasi's emotionally grounded work of fantasy

Me Time

By Devika Girish
September 24, 2018
Burning star Steven Yeun finds himself anew on screen

Review: Madeline’s Madeline

By Devika Girish
August 6, 2018
(Josephine Decker, USA, Oscilloscope, Opening August 10)

News to Me: Deborah Stratman, Cristi Puiu, Dardennes

By Devika Girish
May 28, 2018
Ancestral spirits: a new work by experimental filmmaker Deborah Stratman gives a platform for strong female voices from the past and present

News to Me: Corneliu Porumboiu, Kristen Stewart, Abderrahmane Sissako

By Devika Girish
May 21, 2018
Whistling while you work: the director’s first film abroad considers code and genre through an unusual linguistic phenomenon

News to Me: Sergei Loznitsa, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Jordan Peele

By Devika Girish
May 14, 2018
All the world’s a stage: the Donbass and A Gentle Creature director’s next project is about Stalinist show trials

News to Me: Miguel Gomes, Philippe Garrel, Justin Simien

By Devika Girish
May 7, 2018
The new world: the Arabian Nights director ventures to the Brazilian backlands for his next film

News to Me: Roy Andersson, Olivier Assayas, Chloé Zhao

By Devika Girish
April 30, 2018
Drawing without restraint: the Swedish filmmaker shares art for his upcoming film, inspired by Chagall, van Gogh, and others