Jordan Cronk

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

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

Chasing waterfalls: the Argentine filmmaker discusses his new tripartite feature, a festival highlight that seamlessly blends narrative and documentary elements

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.

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

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

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 dreams: though heavyweight auteurs turned in commendable work at Locarno 2022, the festival was once again defined by less established talents

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

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

Religious experience: three films point to a way forward for a Locarno that caters to both cinephiles and the masses

Three's company: the directors of The Tsugua Diaries discuss their playful and profound account of pandemic life

Sick of it all: the Russian director of the phantasmagorical Petrov’s Flu on virtuoso long takes, his background in theater, and making films under house arrest

New and important work plucked from festivals and elsewhere

New and important work plucked from festivals and elsewhere

Soul singer: one half of a filmmaking team pays tribute to his departed partner and collaborator of over four decades

Red sky at night: the Galician filmmaker on the unexpected discoveries that shaped his intoxicating narrative hybrid Red Moon Tide

Family plan: the director of Heimat Is a Space in Time on tracing nearly 100 years of German history

Platonic roundtable: the director of Malmkrog and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu delves into the drama of dialogue in his latest, a Berlinale premiere

Sink or swim: on paper at least, the 70th edition of the festival looks to be as exciting as any in recent memory