The feature debut of editor and short filmmaker Imran J. Khan, Mustache is a grounded coming-of-age story bursting with authenticity, even if the film feels at...
One of the experts interviewed in Satan Wants You, a disturbingly compelling documentary making its world premiere at SXSW, points out that, today, the 1980s c...
At the beginning of National Anthem, writer-director Luke Gilford’s exquisite-looking and subversive debut feature, 21-year-old Dylan (Charlie Plummer) lives a...
What is the criteria for playing a character based on a factual person? How much artistic license is granted toward playing such a character in a fiction piece...
Now in its 12th edition, the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look festival brings together a varied, eclectic lineup of cinema from all corners of...
In 1947, ten years before becoming an actor, Philippe Garrel’s father, Maurice, joined a company of puppeteers. That piece of history is like a well of inspira...
"To make a dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence." This quote from civil rights activist Cesar Chavez ...
We all felt doomsday looming over us when COVID-19 spread rapidly in March 2020. HBO's all-archival documentary Time Bomb Y2K reminds us that, pre-pandemic, th...
Institutions dedicate extensive effort towards preparing for the future, often implementing protocols that help arrange for the inevitable, but what happens wh...
Thirty or so minutes into Angela Schanelec’s Music, a character makes a startling discovery. We’re inside a prison on the outskirts of an unidentified Greek to...
