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Eugene Hernandez

Cannes Dispatch #2: American Honey, Toni Erdmann, and Women in Motion

By Eugene Hernandez
May 16, 2016
Who runs the world? On the festival's attempts to address gender disparity in the industry and two standout films by female directors

Cannes Dispatch #1: Café Society and Trolls

By Eugene Hernandez
May 12, 2016
The past is a blueprint for the future: on Woody Allen's nostalgic Café Society and the advanced animated techniques of Trolls

Sundance Dispatch #4

By Eugene Hernandez
February 1, 2016
At the festival's close, a look at three exemplary documentary competition films that fused fiction and nonfiction techniques

Sundance Dispatch #3

By Eugene Hernandez
January 29, 2016
On the personal and powerful stories at the heart of Little Men, Cameraperson, and Kiki

Sundance Dispatch #2

By Eugene Hernandez
January 28, 2016
On The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker's vital film about slave rebellion leader Nat Turner—and the industry's record-setting response

Sundance Dispatch #1

By Eugene Hernandez
January 25, 2016
History lessons: taking note of the early standouts—and a beloved inspiration behind the scenes—at the long-running showcase for American independent film

Festivals: Telluride

By Eugene Hernandez
September 10, 2015
True stories: the standouts from this year's mountainside fest came from history or deeply personal experience

Cannes Dispatch #5: Women and Cannes

By Eugene Hernandez
May 29, 2015
What's wrong with this picture? A look at the ongoing questions of gender being faced (or not being faced) by the world's preeminent film festival

Cannes Dispatch #4: Hou & Jia

By Eugene Hernandez
May 24, 2015
History boys: on the hotly anticipated The Assassin and Mountains May Depart, from directors Hou Hsiao-hsien and Jia Zhang-ke

Cannes Dispatch #3: The Lobster

By Eugene Hernandez
May 22, 2015
The birds and the bees: Yorgos Lanthimos's English-language debut mixes surrealism with the realities of modern courtship

Cannes Dispatch #2: Son of Saul and Carol

By Eugene Hernandez
May 18, 2015
László Nemes and Todd Haynes deliver two very different early festival standouts

Cannes Dispatch #1: Tale of Tales

By Eugene Hernandez
May 15, 2015
Fractured fairy tales: Matteo Garrone's star-studded adaptation of ancient Neapolitan kids'-lit isn't so much heart-pounding as heart-swallowing

Notebook: The Future of Film

By Eugene Hernandez
March 12, 2015
On Christopher Nolan and Tacita Dean's efforts at promoting film as a medium and film stock as an option for independents and major studios

Notebook: Oscar Week

By Eugene Hernandez
February 25, 2015
Harness your hopes: the decreasing distance between independent films and Hollywood award-winners

Festivals: Telluride

By Eugene Hernandez
September 5, 2014
Some of the biggest movies at this year's edition of the exclusive Colorado fest weren't Oscar hopefuls

Cannes Diary #8

By Eugene Hernandez
May 27, 2014
Bennett Miller discussed his Best Director prize winner Foxcatcher at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Diary #7

By Eugene Hernandez
May 24, 2014
Nuri Bilge Ceylan took home the Palme d'Or for Winter Sleep

Cannes Diary #6

By Eugene Hernandez
May 23, 2014
Bruno Dumont talks about his TV comedy Li'l Quinquin, which screened out of competition at Directors' Fortnight in Cannes

Cannes Diary #5

By Eugene Hernandez
May 22, 2014
Xavier Dolan is no stranger to Cannes, but his first film to premiere in competition, Mommy, has the festival abuzz

Cannes Diary #4

By Eugene Hernandez
May 20, 2014
Marion Cotillard fights for her livelihood in the Dardennes' Two Days, One Night