All posts by Carlos Aguilar
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Beauty and the Dogs: How Tunisian Director Kaouther Ben Hania Made a Feminist Horror Film in Nine Shots
Pairing a universally resonant quest for social justice with cinematic boundary-pushing, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s Beauty and the Dogs is an unmissable feature... -
Pitch Perfect: Bavo Defurne on Directing Isabelle Huppert and Songwriting for Souvenir
An elegant ode to fading dreams and the possibility of second chances, director Bavo Defurne’s sophomore feature Souvenir channels Eurovision glamour into... -
2018 Independent Spirit Awards: Ten Moviemakers Share the Lessons They Learned While Making Their Nominated Films
Outside of the dozen or so studio releases that capture the attention of major awards voting blocs and, in turn, moviegoers, few other... -
Festival Wrap: Indie Memphis 2017 Celebrates 20 Years of Flavorful Cinema
From the moment you arrive at the airport in Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis Presley follows you around as an omnipresent figure. Indeed, the... -
Fighting Words: Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot Portrays Grief in Strictly Visual Terms
With his first feature Lebanon and his latest Foxtrot, Israeli auteur Samuel Maoz—a former tank gunner turned Golden Lion-winner—crafts sensorial cinema about trauma.... -
Five Questions About An Oscar-Nominated Short: Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer’s “Revolting Rhymes”
Animated adaptations of British author Roald Dahl’s children’s fiction include two highly regarded works: Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and Henry Selick’s... -
Feat Of Clay: Aardman Animation Legend Nick Park on Stop-Motion in the 21st Century, and Cavemen Soccer in Early Man
Historical revisionism meets Aardman’s signature clay animation for a comedy about cavemen playing soccer in the beloved studio’s newest stop-motion adventure, Early... -
Stay Sad: Babis Makridis on Writing Pity With Oscar-Nominated Efthymis Filippou, Why There’s No “Greek Wave”
Drastic measures taken to attain a dangerous objective are a defining element in both of Babis Makridis’ feature-length auteur productions. For his... -
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018: Academy Award-Nominated Directors Get Candid About Their Films
With three titans of cinema and two of the most acclaimed and promising debutants in years in attendance, it was impossible not... -
Trojan Horse: Sebastián Lelio on the Music and Writing of His Oscar-Nominated Movie About Movies, A Fantastic Woman
In using his power to uncover explosive strength in previously vulnerable individuals, Chilean auteur Sebastián Lelio has dedicated himself to exalting triumphant...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...