Stories By Josh Ralske
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Directing
“We Don’t Have Time to Test Our Lenses. We’ve Gotta Shoot Film”: Kelly Reichardt Talks Making Certain Women
October 17, 2016Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women is a departure for her in some ways. It’s the first feature...
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Acting
Breaking Down the News: In Antonio Campos’ Christine, Rebecca Hall Find the Darkness That She’s Been Looking For
October 10, 2016The late Christine Chubbuck is more famous than one might expect of a local Sarasota journalist...
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Directing
Welcome to the Doghouse: With Wiener-Dog, the Idiosyncratic Todd Solondz is Sticking to Old Tricks
June 24, 2016Todd Solondz is a polarizing moviemaker, to be sure, but no one can deny that the...
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Directing
Mother Monster: Goodnight Mommy Takes New Delight in the Classic Evil Mom Trope
December 10, 2015To watch Austrian duo Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy is to be subject to...
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Directing
Restless Heart, Roving Camera: Cary Fukunaga Marries Electric Passion and Technique in Beasts of No Nation
October 13, 2015Two years ago, only cinephiles knew who Cary Joji Fukunaga was. He was the Oakland-born writer-director...
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Acting
Dark Horse: Interview with Jesse Eisenberg on Night Moves
June 19, 2014As the lead environmental terrorist in Night Moves, Jesse Eisenberg takes it very seriously. John Ralske,...
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Cinematography
Capturing the Night: DP Christopher Blauvelt on Night Moves
June 18, 2014Christopher Blauvelt is a rising star behind the camera, as cinematographer for 2013’s The Bling Ring...
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Articles
Jia Zhangke Exclusive: The renowned director talks about A Touch of Sin
October 4, 2013At this year’s New York Film Festival, internationally renowned filmmaker Jia Zhangke showed his new film,...
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Festivals
2013 Los Angeles Film Festival: 10 Premieres to Catch at LAFF
June 13, 2013This year’s Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) offers a uniquely broad-ranging view of contemporary cinema. Aside...
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Articles - Festival Beat
If Only I Could Cannes:
9 Cannes premieres to look out for (that I won’t get to see till they come to New York)May 15, 2013Festival de Cannes is upon us. Like me, you wish you were there. Or unlike me,...
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Festivals
The Lonely Desperation of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
May 10, 2013I always go into the Tribeca Film Festival with a mixture of excitement and dread. Of...
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Articles
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors: Sam Fleischner Weaves a Classic New York Tale
May 2, 2013This year, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors from director Sam Fleischner was my favorite narrative feature...
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Articles
East Timor Doc Alias Ruby Blade Tells Story of Love, Revolution and Hope
April 30, 2013Alias Ruby Blade, which had its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last week, tells...
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Articles
The Kill Team: Dan Krauss discusses the Whistleblowing Murderer in his new doc
April 25, 2013Dan Krauss’ riveting, disturbing, morally probing documentary, The Kill Team, celebrated its world premiere this week...
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Articles - Coming Attractions
Zero Dark Thirty, Upstream Color, and the Agony of Anticipation
December 19, 2012The Tortuous Torture Debate The “debate” over the depiction of torture in one of my favorite...
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Articles - Acting
I Love Torture, Michelle Williams, and Alex Karpovsky, Not in That Order
December 13, 2012That Buzz You Hear The chatter in my insular little film-nerd world this week was all...
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