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  • Directing

Fighting Words: Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot Portrays Grief in Strictly Visual Terms

With his first feature Lebanon and his latest Foxtrot, Israeli auteur Samuel Maoz—a former tank gunner turned Golden Lion-winner—crafts sensorial cinema…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Foreign Contenders: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson Confronts Neighborly Conflicts with Under the Tree

Not unlike an alchemist, Icelandic Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson has mastered the improbable formula to produce amalgamations of universality with specificity.…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

Failed Fatherland: Martin Zandvliet Disarms a Dark Passage in Denmark’s History in Oscar-Nominated Land of Mine

Describing a war film as "visually economical" goes against the expectation of grandeur associated with those stories. In the case…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

“I Discovered One of the Most Interesting Women Ever:” An Interview with Jackie Director Pablo Larraín

Previously known for his 2012 film No and 2015 film The Club, Pablo Larraín has sprung into the limelight this fall…

7 years ago
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Editor’s Weekend Pick: Director Felix Van Groeningen’s Exclusive Account of The Broken Circle Breakdown by Felix Van Groeningen

“Every day I was crying,” says director Felix Van Groeningen about his experience in production on The Broken Circle Breakdown,…

11 years ago
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Wisdom Wednesday: Gavin Hood’s 31 Golden Rules of MovieMaking by Gavin Hood

South African director, writer and producer Gavin Hood shares his 31 Golden Rules of MovieMaking - riding the comet trail…

11 years ago