I’ve been committed to the idea of using mostly diegetic sound in my films. It’s not that I’m against score,…
Returning for the 31st round, AFI Fest continues to have some of the most striking, innovative, and exciting filmmaking in…
Cate Blanchett is every woman in Julian Rosefeldt’s feature film Manifesto, based on the German artist/director’s multi-screen video art installation,…
Danish director Lone Scherfig’s new romantic dramedy, Their Finest, continues her love affair with British wit and sensibility. Their Finest…
Isabelle Huppert, often referred to as the greatest actress working today, is an artist with incomparable range. Few performers can…
Good fortune and strategic diligence. Those, says Isabelle Huppert, are the key ingredients to a long, enviable career. The iconic…
Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is…
Hours prior to the end of the world, he becomes a bride’s object of desire. He's part of a malevolent…
The Oscar-nominated Argentine film Wild Tales is an anthology of six bizarre stories written and directed by Damián Szifrón—a mash…
Wading through the muck of Tribeca's programming is always a tricky business. It's gotten a bit easier in recent years,…
Anyone familiar with the films of Mike Leigh knows that, in the right hands, the seed of a story—a lovable…
Every month, Interiors Journal dissects the floorplan of a film set to investigate the relationship between space and action. This…
Every January when the Academy Awards nominations come out, my reaction follows the same emotional arc. Before I see the…