Hamburg

Lav Diaz on the Desire for Epic Runtimes, Not Voting for the Oscars, and the Problem with Big Film Festivals

We had the chance to speak with the celebrated filmmaker in Hamburg about his approach to filmmaking, streamers versus cinema, and his experiences at film festivals. ...

Hamburg Review: ‘Beanpole’ is a Radical Relationship Drama Examining the Trauma of War

The horrors of war are often told through male-centric narratives. Heroes who go through hell on the battlefield, brothers who sacrifice everything for each oth...

Hamburg Review: ‘Queen of Hearts’ is a Thought-Provoking Erotic Drama

When it comes to sex, things can get real complicated real fast. While the act itself may be dictated by the most primal of instincts, questions of morality, le...

U.S. Trailer for Philippe Lesage’s Mesmerizing Coming-of-Age Film ‘Genesis’

We've been singing the praises of Philippe Lesage's stunning coming-of-age film Genesis since last fall, where Zhuo-Ning Su caught it at Hamburg Film Festiv...

Berlin Review: ‘The Golden Glove’ is a Grotesque, Calamitous Misfire for Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin’s latest movie is a fetid stain on the CV of a good filmmaker. Akin has made the true story of a repulsive, grotesque serial killer into a repulsive,...

First Trailer for Fatih Akin’s Berlinale Premiere ‘The Golden Glove’

With his recent Diane Kruger-led terrorism drama In the Fade, Fatih Akin finally returned to the kind of global attention he earned with his break-out films...

‘A Land Imagined’ Director Yeo Siew Hua on the Philosophies of Dreams and the Reinvention of Singapore

We spoke with the writer-director of this narratively and stylistically entrancing film at the third stop of its festival tour in Hamburg....

Hamburg Review: ‘Genesis’ is a Sensitive Look at the Capricious Changes of the Heart

In the grand scheme of things, teenage love affairs–together with all the raptures, jitters, devastations associated with them–probably don’t count that much. B...

Orson Welles & Ingmar Bergman Documentaries Lead 2018 Cannes Classics Lineup

Due to the childish spat between Cannes and Netflix, it means we won't be seeing the most monumental release of 2018, Orson Welles' posthumous film The Othe...

ND/NF Review: ‘Drift’ is an Entrancing, One-of-a-Kind Cinematic Experience

A few minutes into Helena Wittmann’s Drift, two young ladies sit at a bar and recount an old myth from Papua New Guinea. It’s an anecdote of the world’s creatio...

News

Jia Zhang-ke Reveals He’s Working on an AI Short Film

Daniel Day-Lewis Ends Retirement for Anemone Co-Written with and Directed By Son Ronan Day-Lewis

Exclusive Premiere of Sean Henry’s “In Heaven” Video Reworks a Classic David Lynch Tune

Trailers

First Trailer for Don Hertzfeldt’s ME, Arriving Digitally This Week

Injustice Comes Home In U.S. Trailer for Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Nicholas Hoult Faces Justice In Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2

Reviews

NYFF Review: Việt and Nam is a Swooning, Stirring Slow Cinema Romance

NYFF Review: Nickel Boys Finds Miraculous Beauty in the Horrors of the World

NYFF Review: The Friend Amply Portrays Grief with an Admirable Naomi Watts Performance

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Samuel L. Jackson, Akerman-Duras, Compensation & More

Posterized October 2024: Rumours, Woman of the Hour, La Cocina & More

New to Streaming: Evil Does Not Exist, Powell and Pressburger, Red Rooms, It’s What’s Inside & More

Interviews

It’s What’s Inside Director Greg Jardin on Manifesting Anxiety, Giallo Lighting, and the Road to Success

“I Made It So I Could Breathe”: Tarsem on Restoring The Fall, Distribution Woes, and the Next Chapter

The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor

Podcasts

The B-Side – Barbra Streisand (with Chris Feil)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 549 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (with Trace Sauveur)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 548 – Janet Planet (with George W. Myers)