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“Making Movies as Timeless as They Can Be”: Director Ritesh Batra on Evoking Longing in Photograph

In an early scene in Photograph, Ritesh Batra’s return to his hometown Mumbai after his directorial debut The Lunchbox, Gateway…

5 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
  • Summer 2017

The Touring Talkies of India: India’s Mobile Theaters Are Becoming Extinct, As Doc The Cinema Travellers Depicts

Red mud-baked roads. A smoggy pink dawn. Air redolent with saffron. Loudspeakers propped precipitously. Two boys by a microphone hush…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Recreating Revolution: Mohamed Diab on Shooting Clash Entirely Inside a Van, and Getting a Letter From Tom Hanks

Over the course of a single day, individuals from across Egypt’s political, religious, economical and social spectrums collide inside a…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Foreign Contenders: Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada Dissects Romanian Society Through a Confined Epic

MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for Best…

7 years ago