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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