Josh Ralske

  • Interviews

“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…

8 years ago
  • Fall 2016

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…

8 years ago
  • Interviews

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…

8 years ago
  • Directing
  • Fall 2015
  • Interviews

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…

8 years ago
  • Directing
  • Fall 2015

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…

9 years ago
  • Acting
  • Interviews
  • Summer 2014

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…

10 years ago
  • Cinematography
  • Interviews

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…

10 years ago
  • Articles
  • blog-test

Jia Zhangke Exclusive: The renowned director talks about A Touch of Sin by Josh Ralske

At this year's New York Film Festival, internationally renowned filmmaker Jia Zhangke showed his new film, A Touch of Sin,…

11 years ago
  • Festivals

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…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Festival Beat
  • Articles - Festivals
  • Festivals

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) by Josh Ralske

Festival de Cannes is upon us. Like me, you wish you were there. Or unlike me, you are there, which…

11 years ago
  • Festivals

The Lonely Desperation of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival

I always go into the Tribeca Film Festival with a mixture of excitement and dread. Of the 738 (or so)…

11 years ago
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  • Articles - Directing
  • Festivals
  • Interviews

Stand Clear of the Closing Doors: Sam Fleischner Weaves a Classic New York Tale by Josh Ralske

This year, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors from director Sam Fleischner was my favorite narrative feature at Tribeca, where it…

11 years ago
  • Articles
  • Articles - Documentary
  • Articles - Festivals
  • Documentary
  • Festivals

East Timor Doc Alias Ruby Blade Tells Story of Love, Revolution and Hope by Josh Ralske

Alias Ruby Blade, which had its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last week, tells the story of Kirsty…

11 years ago
  • Articles
  • Articles - Directing
  • Articles - Documentary
  • Documentary
  • Festivals
  • Interviews

The Kill Team: Dan Krauss discusses the Whistleblowing Murderer in his new doc Interview by Josh Ralske

Dan Krauss' riveting, disturbing, morally probing documentary, The Kill Team, celebrated its world premiere this week at the 2013 Tribeca…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Coming Attractions
  • Articles - Directing
  • Articles - Distribution

Zero Dark Thirty, Upstream Color, and the Agony of Anticipation

The Tortuous Torture Debate The "debate" over the depiction of torture in one of my favorite movies of the year,…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Acting
  • Articles - Coming Attractions
  • Articles - Directing

I Love Torture, Michelle Williams, and Alex Karpovsky, Not in That Order

That Buzz You Hear The chatter in my insular little film-nerd world this week was all about who's not directing…

11 years ago