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Julian Ross

IDFA 2022: Locating the Real

By Julian Ross
January 9, 2023
Performing arts: the most thought-provoking live performances in last year’s edition of IDFA provoked fundamental questions about the nonfiction form

Screen Time: Takahiko Iimura (1937-2022)

By Julian Ross
September 12, 2022
Light work: the Japanese filmmaker’s tireless curiosity allowed him ever new and different angles from which to tackle questions about the singularity of each cinematic moment

Festivals: Oberhausen

By Julian Ross
June 22, 2015
The element of surprise: the 62nd edition of the international shorts fest continued its theme of inclusivity while pushing the envelope

ND/NF Interview: Yohei Suzuki

By Julian Ross
March 23, 2015
Comfortably numb: an independent filmmaker captures Japan's muzzled state of inertia through his fantastical, enigmatic debut feature Ow

Rep Diary: Tulsa

By Julian Ross
February 25, 2015
Bastards of young: a look back at Larry Clark's early film work

Interview: Park Jung-bum

By Julian Ross
December 12, 2014
Working-class hero: the director of Alive and The Journals of Musan talks about the survival instincts necessary for modern capitalism

Interview: Takashi Makino

By Julian Ross
October 3, 2014
The director of 2012, a Projections selection, discusses the limits of abstraction, film versus digital, and the physicality of the live experience