Adult Child of Divorce: Forty Years of Andrzej Żuławski’s “Possession”
Notwithstanding a battalion of toy soldiers closing in on his breakfast, the boy appears to be...
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Whose Century?: Artavazd Peleshian’s “Nature”
Artavazd Peleshian makes action films. They just don’t resemble the kind Hollywood manufactures....
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Changing Methods: An Interview with Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
When Happy Hour (2015) abruptly landed in the western world, it was immediately evident that...
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First Fright: Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dementia 13”
Before he directed Dementia 13 (1963), film God and viniter Francis Ford Coppola had a good run...
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The Bare Phenomenal Facts: Kazik Radwanski and Deragh Campbell on “Anne at 13,000 Ft.”
It’s not the fall, it’s the sudden stop — in Anne at 13,000 Ft., which circles back again and...
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Time Slays Clocks: Tsai Ming-liang’s “Days”
Tsai Ming-liang has spent much of his career examining Taipei’s less-luxurious locales, casting...
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On Bodies and Portents: Jacqueline Lentzou’s “Moon, 66 Questions“
“This moon is no joke, my darlings,” comes an astrological warning heard in Greek director...
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Top Five Shorts of 2020
Compiled by Laurence Boyce Normally, a “Best of” list is the chance to look back over the previous...
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Shake Ups and Discoveries: IFFR 2021
If my experience attending the International Film Festival Rotterdam in person last year is a...
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Nouveau Shamanic Western Kabuki: Sion Sono’s “Prisoners of the Ghostland”
For some time now, Japanese hellraising provocateur Sion Sono has had a not-so-secret mission to...
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I Can Feel it Coming in the Air Tonight: Ben Wheatley’s “In The Earth”
For those who paid close attention to his “rise,” it’s rather humorous to think of Ben Wheatley as...
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Stuff of Legend: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection”
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese has slowly been building up a reputation on the festival circuit....
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