In William Faulkner’s elegiac southern gothic tale As I Lay Dying there’s an oft-cited passage that resonates with the novel’s core theme of radical subjectivit...
We sat down with Cosmatos to discuss crafting a tone and steady pace for Mandy to build emotions, recognizing different sides of Nicolas Cage to show on screen, finding commonalities with the late Jóhan Jóhansson during their collaboration, and shattering the delusional self-image of egomaniacal men....
Beginning on a shot of the Paris cityscape–yes, the Eiffel Tower plainly in view and everything that surrounds it–Louis Garrel’s A Faithful Man self-awarely ann...
Comparing a director’s latest film to his or her previous effort is almost always unwise, or at least, a bit foolish. When both films are extraordinary achievem...
After Ken Burns’ exhaustive, comprehensive documentary series The Vietnam War aired last year there was little in the way of answers to the lingering question o...
When Alfred Hitchcock decided to shoot his parlor mystery-thriller Rope in what appeared to be one long, continuous take he unknowingly opened Pandora's box. Af...
Officer Jim Arnaud has been having a rough go of it as of late. He lost his mother, his job, and custody of his daughter Crystal. These personal tragedies a...
With its gorgeously choreographed sword duels, sabers slicing through paddles of blood and rain, watercolor bi-chromatic palettes and sumptuous costumes, Zhang ...
Two lost souls struggling to reconcile their image meet in Senegal by chance. One's a prostitute — although she rejects the label and the registration card that...
Love and suicide. Those are the words director Bruce Sweeney says inspired him to write Kingsway and are very much at the forefront of his dramedy about the dys...
