Festivals

Venice Interview: Gastón Solnicki

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

NYFF: Jacques Becker

By Max Nelson

October 3, 2016

Country life: the director of Casque d'Or and Touchez pas au grisbi gets his due with new restorations and Tavernier's My Journey Through French Cinema

Festivals: Toronto

By Michael Koresky

September 20, 2016

Life, the universe, and everything in it: in the vast sea of films at this year's fest, a handful asked the big questions

Telluride 2016 Journal

By Eugene Hernandez

September 13, 2016

Between you and me: on the deeply personal connections explored on and off screen at this year's mountain festival

Festivals: Venice Dispatch #1

By Nicolas Rapold

September 12, 2016

Fascinating creatures: on the aliens and failed dance numbers that tantalized critics early on at this year's fest

Festivals: Locarno

By Jonathan Romney

September 6, 2016

Band of outsiders: this year's lakeside fest boasted strong, strange offerings from Argentina and elsewhere

Constitutional Crisis

By Ashley Clark

September 6, 2016

Ava DuVernay previews her comprehensive documentary on the damning history of mass incarceration of blacks in the United States

Festivals: Melbourne

By Jonathan Rosenbaum

August 22, 2016

Cinephilia down under: the Australian festival celebrates its 65th edition in one of the cradles of online criticism

Locarno Interview: Anocha Suwichakornpong

By Kelley Dong

August 19, 2016

The kaleidoscope of history: the Thai director of By the Time It Gets Dark discusses her discursive, critical approach to filmmaking