By Amir Ganjavie on November 14, 2018
Eight years after Poetry, Lee Chang-dong premiered Burning in the Cannes Film Festival’s main competition section. Based on the short story “Barn Burning”...
By Fabrice Dall'Anese on May 31, 2018
What do red carpet selfies, Netflix films, and pre-premiere advance screenings have in common? They were all roundly banned at the 71st...
By Max Weinstein on October 17, 2017
If thou stare long into John Malkovich, John Malkovich will also gaze into thee. And when he reads you a “requiem for...
By Sean Baker on October 3, 2017
Moviemaker Sean Baker edits his own (brilliant) films—like the 2017 Cannes hit The Florida Project. Here, he argues that each process informs...
By MM Staff on August 21, 2017
Do you have questions about submitting your film to film festivals, but are too afraid to ask? This is your chance to...
By Caleb Hammond on April 28, 2017
If you had told anyone in 2013—after his heartbreaking seventh feature, Camille Claudel 1915—that famously austere French filmmaker Bruno Dumont would four years...
By Darek Kuzma on April 20, 2017
On April 20, the late Andrzej Wajda’s Kanał, a landmark of Polish cinema and a universally acclaimed masterpiece, celebrates its 60th anniversary. Kanał...
By Carlos Aguilar on April 5, 2017
The contrast between absolute power and total impotence is the thematic core of Albert Serra’s latest portrait, The Death of Louis XIV....
By Sam Adams on March 6, 2017
Accidentally seeing The Texas Chain Saw Massacre at the age of six is the perfect origin story for a horror director, the...
By Max Weinstein on February 7, 2017
How does a Southeastern film festival land a spot on Film Freeway’s top 100 best-reviewed festivals list after its first year? “We...