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Festivals

Festivals: Marrakech 2016

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
January 12, 2017
Oases of style: the Béla Tarr-curated edition of this Moroccan festival offered exceptional performances from around the world

Festivals: Venice

By Olaf Möller
December 22, 2016
Punishing the faithless: religion and politics loomed large at the Lido this year

Festivals: Doclisboa 2016

By Leo Goldsmith
December 7, 2016
This year's model: the Portuguese nonfiction festival offered essential portraits of artists, animals, and post-revolutionary Cuba

Festivals: Vienna

By Dan Sullivan
November 30, 2016
Double vision: connecting the dots from new Thai and Italian cinema to Jacques Rivette and Abel Ferrara

Festivals: NewFest 2016

By Manuel Betancourt
October 21, 2016
No holds barred: this year's crop of LGBT films from around the world balance beauty and honesty

The Film Comment Podcast: NYFF 2016 Live Roundtable

By Film Comment
October 18, 2016
Friday night lights: five critics and editors discuss the surprises at this year’s festival

NYFF Interview: Bill Morrison

By Daniel Eagan
October 6, 2016
Panning for nitrate: the director of Decasia returns with Dawson City: Frozen Time, a historical X-ray of a Yukon mining town

NYFF Interview: James N. Kienitz Wilkins

By Dan Sullivan
October 6, 2016
Camera-stylo: the director of Indefinite Pitch and 2016 Kazuko Trust honoree discusses his idiosyncratically sourced cinema

Venice Interview: Gastón Solnicki

By Nicolas Rapold
October 5, 2016
Frieze of girls: the Argentine director of Kékszakállú applies intuition and Bluebeard to a study of young women at leisure

Interview: Eduardo Williams

By Ela Bittencourt
October 5, 2016
Expressway to your skull: the director of The Human Surge discusses his cinematic peregrinations and digital fascinations