All posts by Josh Ralske
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“We Don’t Have Time to Test Our Lenses. We’ve Gotta Shoot Film”: Kelly Reichardt Talks Making Certain Women
Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women is a departure for her in some ways. It’s the first feature she’s worked on without a writing... -
Breaking Down the News: In Antonio Campos’ Christine, Rebecca Hall Find the Darkness That She’s Been Looking For
The late Christine Chubbuck is more famous than one might expect of a local Sarasota journalist who focused on relatively mundane issues... -
Welcome to the Doghouse: With Wiener-Dog, the Idiosyncratic Todd Solondz is Sticking to Old Tricks
Todd Solondz is a polarizing moviemaker, to be sure, but no one can deny that the man has a distinctive style. His... -
Mother Monster: Goodnight Mommy Takes New Delight in the Classic Evil Mom Trope
To watch Austrian duo Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy is to be subject to an emotional resonance and a merciless... -
Restless Heart, Roving Camera: Cary Fukunaga Marries Electric Passion and Technique in Beasts of No Nation
Two years ago, only cinephiles knew who Cary Joji Fukunaga was. He was the Oakland-born writer-director of gritty, modestly budgeted films, one... -
Dark Horse: Interview with Jesse Eisenberg on Night Moves
As the lead environmental terrorist in Night Moves, Jesse Eisenberg takes it very seriously. John Ralske, MovieMaker Magazine (MM): This seems like... -
Capturing the Night: DP Christopher Blauvelt on Night Moves
Christopher Blauvelt is a rising star behind the camera, as cinematographer for 2013’s The Bling Ring and Max Rose, and this year’s... -
Jia Zhangke Exclusive: The renowned director talks about A Touch of Sin
At this year’s New York Film Festival, internationally renowned filmmaker Jia Zhangke showed his new film, A Touch of Sin, his first... -
2013 Los Angeles Film Festival: 10 Premieres to Catch at LAFF
This year’s Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) offers a uniquely broad-ranging view of contemporary cinema. Aside from their World Premiere-heavy Documentary and... -
If Only I Could Cannes:
Festival de Cannes is upon us. Like me, you wish you were there. Or unlike me, you are there, which raises the...
9 Cannes premieres to look out for (that I won’t get to see till they come to New York)
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8