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James Wham
Cannes 2022 Interview: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
By
James Wham
May 31, 2022
Mask off: The director of Cannes-standout
Pamfir
discusses the roles of myth, religion, and the carnivalesque in his artful rural crime thriller
Interview: James Vaughan on
Friends and Strangers
By
James Wham
February 22, 2022
Missing persons: in his feature debut, Vaughan subtly infuses a critique of Australia’s colonial past into free-flowing scenes of bone-dry absurdity
I Like It Deep
By
James Wham
November 22, 2021
A flurry of metaphors: Radu Jude’s
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
is a profane and laugh-out-loud funny film about the open (and oft-denied) wounds of Romania’s fraught history
News to Me: John Smith, John Berger, and Jean-Luc Godard
By
James Wham
April 20, 2020
Tides of time: film criticism in crisis, Sarah Maldoror, and
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
News to Me: Bruce Baillie, David Lynch, and Pedro Almodóvar
By
James Wham
April 13, 2020
In the flow: Claire Denis,
High Maintenance
, and the ongoing streaming takeover
News to Me: Frederick Wiseman, Jean-Marie Straub, and Saving Art-Houses
By
James Wham
April 6, 2020
Shock and awe: Richard Kelly’s
Southland Tales
, Isiah Medina, and SXSW online
News to Me: Lizzie Borden, Tilda Swinton, and Stuart Gordon
By
James Wham
March 30, 2020
It's a new world: Kiarostami, online festivals, and arts organizations in crisis
News to Me: Delays, Downtime, and Going Digital
By
James Wham
March 23, 2020
Here’s looking at you: quarantine, streaming, and the importance of community
News to Me: Social Distancing, Cancellations, and Streaming
By
James Wham
March 16, 2020
Alone together: how the film world is coping with COVID-19 and its consequences
News to Me: Max von Sydow, Leilah Weinraub, and Kelly Reichardt
By
James Wham
March 9, 2020
Grandmaster:
Bacurau
, Mohammad Rasoulof, and SXSW
News to Me: Berlinale, Mati Diop, and Céline Sciamma
By
James Wham
March 2, 2020
Outward bound: Dušan Makavejev, Wes Anderson, and David Cronenberg
News to Me: Claire Denis, Mike Leigh, and Nathan Fielder
By
James Wham
February 24, 2020
Old world: Berlinale, Wes Anderson, and Khalik Allah
News to Me: Pedro Almodóvar, Angela Schanelec, and the Oscars
By
James Wham
February 10, 2020
Shiny objects: F.X. Feeney, box office bingo, and Adam Sandler
News to Me: Paul Schrader, Guillermo del Toro, and Sky Hopinka
By
James Wham
February 3, 2020
New day rising: Spike Lee, Christian Petzold, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul
News to Me: Terry Jones, Jia Zhangke, and IFC Films
By
James Wham
January 27, 2020
Hell’s Grannies forever:
Uncut Gems
and Judaism, Ritwik Ghatak, and Agnès Varda
News to Me: Terence Davies, Spike Lee, and more Safdies
By
James Wham
January 21, 2020
Get money: trailblazing black actors, year-end complaints, and festival madness
News to Me: Mia Hansen-Løve, Over the Rainbow, and Buck Henry
By
James Wham
January 13, 2020
No man is an island:
Little Women
, awards galore, and #NewMoma
News to Me: Our Best of the Decade issue, Pedro Costa, and Jack Garfein
By
James Wham
January 6, 2020
The future is now: Syd Mead, Martin Scorsese, and
Honeyland
News to Me: Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, and Adam Sandler
By
James Wham
December 23, 2019
Man on the street: Yorgos Lanthimos, Peter Wollen, and the Berlinale
News to Me: Anna Karina, Alex Ross Perry, and Baz Luhrmann
By
James Wham
December 16, 2019
Live your life:
Clerks
, Strand Releasing at 30, and the aesthetics of
The Irishman
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