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  • Movie News

The Banshees of Inisherin Star Colin Farrell Says ‘Good Chatter’ Can Heal Us

In The Banshees of Inisherin, the latest from writer-director Martin McDonagh, two fellow played by Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

New Dexter Trailer; Princess Diana Film at Venice; Old Beats Snake Eyes

A first look at the new Dexter; Spencer, with Kristin Stewart as Princess Diana, is among films in the Venice…

3 years ago
  • 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
  • Interviews

"My Films are Free:" Filipino Master Lav Diaz on His Four-Hour Latest, The Woman Who Left

For most directors, time is both a currency and a boundary that forces them to adapt their storytelling ambitions to…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

A Different Way of Doing Things: Orthodox Moviemaker Rama Burshtein on Her Hasidic Rom-Com The Wedding Plan

The Wedding Plan, the second feature by 50-year-old ultra-Orthodox Israeli writer/director Rama Burshtein, is a rom-com with the simplicity of…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Opposite Country: Lorenzo Vigas on Anamorphic Intimacy and Venezuelan Daddy Issues in From Afar

Using his privilege as a weapon, a middle-aged man roams the streets of Caracas, searching young hustlers to satisfy his…

8 years ago
  • Directing

Choose Your Own Reality: an Interview with Mr. Nobody Director Jaco Van Dormael

Mr. Nobody, the inventive, original third feature of Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael, opens in U.S. theaters this Friday after…

11 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Errol Morris

In his groundbreaking documentaries, 
Errol Morris has tackled pet cemeteries (Gates of Heaven), the torture of suspected terrorists at Abu…

11 years ago