Halftime Disappointment at the Venice Film Festival
In its first half, the Competition of the 72nd Venice Film Festival has been a let-down, failing to present a single truly great title. The Orizzonti and Out of Competition selections have generally...
View ArticleTIFF Critic’s Notebook 1: Canadian Border Security, Call Me By Your Name, Bodied
It’s customary, when diving into a series of festival dispatches, to include some prefatory, contextualizing stuff up top, which has always been tough for me. This year, though, reality has made it...
View ArticleCritic’s Notebook NYFF: Call Me By Your Name, The Square, Western,...
For film writers who, like myself, remain chained to New York, NYFF marks the time of year when the much-hyped (or -hated) titles from the festival circuit finally pay us a visit. NYFF represents the...
View ArticleVenice 2018 Critic’s Notebook: Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria and Tsai...
The Venice Film Festival’s main competition does not enjoy a reputation as a go-to place for adventurous cinema. So far, this year’s selection has been pretty much on brand: big-name directors,...
View Article“We Should Recreate The Real World In Another Dimension”: Director Of...
At the time of our Skype call, director of photography Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (Call Me By Your Name, Cemetery Of Splendour, Arabian Nights Vol.1 & 2) was celebrating the news that Nakee 2, a film he...
View ArticleHalftime Disappointment at the Venice Film Festival
In its first half, the Competition of the 72nd Venice Film Festival has been a let-down, failing to present a single truly great title. The Orizzonti and Out of Competition selections have generally...
View ArticleTIFF Critic’s Notebook 1: Canadian Border Security, Call Me By Your Name, Bodied
It’s customary, when diving into a series of festival dispatches, to include some prefatory, contextualizing stuff up top, which has always been tough for me. This year, though, reality has made it...
View ArticleCritic’s Notebook NYFF: Call Me By Your Name, The Square, Western,...
For film writers who, like myself, remain chained to New York, NYFF marks the time of year when the much-hyped (or -hated) titles from the festival circuit finally pay us a visit. NYFF represents the...
View ArticleVenice 2018 Critic’s Notebook: Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria and Tsai...
The Venice Film Festival’s main competition does not enjoy a reputation as a go-to place for adventurous cinema. So far, this year’s selection has been pretty much on brand: big-name directors,...
View Article“We Should Recreate The Real World In Another Dimension”: Director Of...
At the time of our Skype call, director of photography Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (Call Me By Your Name, Cemetery Of Splendour, Arabian Nights Vol.1 & 2) was celebrating the news that Nakee 2, a film he...
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View ArticleTrailer Watch: Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers
Less than a year after Luca Guadagnino‘s cannibal love story Bones and All, the Italian director returns with Challengers. Written by playwright Justin Kuritzkes, the film stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor...
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