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Loosely Based On: Most Implausible Influences

By Violet Lucca
July 26, 2013
Schlockbuster directors, hoisted by their own petard

Review: Terraferma

By Fernando F. Croce
July 25, 2013
The Mediterranean's sea-salty winds also carry the sickly smell of modernity

Festivals: Karlovy Vary

By Giovanni Marchini Camia
July 24, 2013
The venerable Czech festival was popular as ever, but was it all worth seeing?

Critical Dialogue: YouTube

By Max Nelson
July 23, 2013
Here comes everyone, misappropriating Andy Warhol and the Pop idea

Review: Blue Jasmine

By Emma Myers
July 22, 2013
Cate Blanchett improves upon the standard Woody Allen muse

Festivals: Il Cinema Ritrovato

By Genevieve Yue
July 19, 2013
Bologna’s annual celebration of restored and re-discovered cinema across the eras once again brings good things to light

Review: The Conjuring

By Sarah Mankoff
July 18, 2013
James Wan continues to re-invigorate horror, one picture at a time

Review: Only God Forgives

By Jonathan Robbins
July 17, 2013
Blood begets blood in Nicolas Winding Refn's extended stylized collection of fight-scene money shots

Interview: Joshua Oppenheimer

By Nicolas Rapold
July 15, 2013
“What are you doing making a film about genocide if it’s not really disturbing?”

Interview: Sophie Letourneur

By Emma Myers
July 15, 2013
Deglamorizing the high-pressure, high-culture festival circuit, one bite at a time