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Jordan Cronk

Interview: Alexander Horwath on Henry Fonda for President

By Jordan Cronk
April 7, 2025
Watching the show: the Austrian critic and curator discusses his debut feature, a cinematic essay that investigates the on- and off-screen personas of the legendary American actor, and what they reveal about the United States then and now

IFFR 2025: Faded Glory

By Jordan Cronk
February 18, 2025
Video life: highlights of this year’s edition included films by Alex Ross Perry, Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Julian Castronovo, and more

Interview: Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell on DIRECT ACTION

By Jordan Cronk
October 16, 2024
Everybody together: the two filmmakers discuss the challenges of producing a multifaceted portrait of an anarchist Zone to Defend community in rural France

Interview: Jia Zhangke on Caught by the Tides

By Jordan Cronk
October 7, 2024
Time passes slowly: the Chinese filmmaker discusses his latest, which makes a collage out of documentary-style footage shot during the making of his films over the last twenty years

Inspired: Paul Schrader on Oh, Canada

By Jordan Cronk
October 2, 2024
Up north: the master filmmaker discusses how a lingering case of COVID-19 and a novel by his late friend gave rise to his newest feature

The Built Environment: Venice 2024

By Jordan Cronk
September 16, 2024
Debris slide: highlights from this year's edition included Brady Corbet's sweeping historical drama The Brutalist, Singaporean director Yeo Siew Hua's surveillance thriller Stranger Eyes, and Alex Ross Perry's prismatic portrait of the iconic ’90s band Pavement

Future Days: Berlinale 2024

By Jordan Cronk
February 19, 2024
Straight ahead: our first dispatch from Berlin offers context on the multiple controversies swirling around this year’s edition, including a shift in leadership, pulled films, and protests

Outer Limits: IFFR 2024

By Jordan Cronk
February 12, 2024
Shuffled deck: despite the restructuring of the festival, this year’s edition featured some remarkably adventurous work, including Born in Gunsan and after seven years, I was repatriated to Japan…, Dream Team, Under a Blue Sun, and more

Interview: Eduardo Williams on The Human Surge 3

By Jordan Cronk
September 29, 2023
Full circle: the Argentine director discusses his dazzling, border-crossing new film which opens the Currents section of this year’s NYFF61

Heat Map: Venice 2023

By Jordan Cronk
September 18, 2023
Another green world: this year’s edition was refocused on ambitious, idiosyncratic, and auteur-driven films like Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, Harmony Korine’s AGGRO DR1FT, and Bertand Bonello’s The Beast

Interview: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Burak Çevik, and Blake Williams on A Woman Escapes

By Jordan Cronk
June 12, 2023
Reaching out: the trio of filmmakers on their new collaboration, a hybrid film that turns a series of video letters into a meditation on loss, isolation, and connection

Interview: Lisandro Alonso on Eureka

By Jordan Cronk
May 27, 2023
Chasing waterfalls: the Argentine filmmaker discusses his new tripartite feature, a festival highlight that seamlessly blends narrative and documentary elements

Planting Seeds: Jeonju 2023

By Jordan Cronk
May 15, 2023
Rocky road: in addition to a strong retrospective program, this year’s edition was highlighted by understated Competition winners From You and There Is a Stone.

Dispatch: IFFR 2023

By Jordan Cronk
February 21, 2023
Reversal stock: even after a rash of changes, this year's edition still retains the fest’s long-standing commitment to adventurous international art cinema

Interview: Abbas Fahdel on Tales of the Purple House

By Jordan Cronk
October 10, 2022
The home and the world: the Iraqi-French director discusses his latest work of docufiction, a simultaneously personal and panoramic portrait of a Lebanon roiled by the pandemic and political crises

Interview: João Pedro Rodrigues on Will-o’-the-Wisp

By Jordan Cronk
October 3, 2022
It takes two: the Portuguese auteur discusses how his latest, an innuendo-filled sci-fi musical fantasy, parlays past injustices and present-day anxieties into a euphoric vision of the future

In the Clouds: Locarno 2022

By Jordan Cronk
August 22, 2022
In dreams: though heavyweight auteurs turned in commendable work at Locarno 2022, the festival was once again defined by less established talents

Interview: James Benning on The United States of America

By Jordan Cronk
March 28, 2022
I contain multitudes: the filmmaker discusses his new film—an ode to the impossibility of representing the nation—and his penchant for “copying” his own and other artists’ work

Dispatch: IFFR 2022

By Jordan Cronk
February 14, 2022
Cross the breeze: as this year’s selection demonstrated, Rotterdam’s main competition slate stands as arguably the foremost platform for adventurous new talent on the international festival circuit

Locarno 2021: Mass Appeal

By Jordan Cronk
August 23, 2021
Religious experience: three films point to a way forward for a Locarno that caters to both cinephiles and the masses