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Nick Davis

Short Take: Girl

By Nick Davis
January 18, 2019
(Lukas Dhont, Belgium/Netherlands, Netflix, Opening January 18)

Interview: Cameron Bailey

By Nick Davis
January 15, 2019
Time regained: the artistic director of TIFF teleports us to the heady premillennial era with a series of films from 1999

Short Take: Destroyer

By Nick Davis
December 19, 2018
(Karyn Kusama, USA, Annapurna Pictures, Opening December 25)

Festivals: Chicago 2018

By Nick Davis
November 1, 2018
The whole entire world: more than one selection at the long-running fest took on the unequal power dynamics faced globally

Festivals: Toronto

By Nick Davis
September 27, 2018
Going supernova: the titles to remember from TIFF, from ANIARA to Vox Lux and beyond

Short Take: Leave No Trace

By Nick Davis
July 2, 2018
(Debra Granik, USA, Bleecker Street Pictures, Opened June 29)

Review: The Workshop

By Nick Davis
March 5, 2018
Director: Laurent Cantet Country/Distributor: France, Strand Releasing Opening: March 23

Short Take: In Between

By Nick Davis
January 3, 2018
(Maysaloun Hamoud, Israel/France, Film Movement, Opening January 5)

Festivals: Toronto 2017

By Nick Davis
December 27, 2017
Healing process: amidst the year-end pile-on, a look back at filmmakers whose voices deserve to be heard

Diving into the Wreck

By Nick Davis
September 5, 2017
Jane Campion keeps dredging our depths in Top of the Lake

Short Take: BPM (Beats Per Minute)

By Nick Davis
August 30, 2017
(Director: Robin Campillo, Country/Distributor: France, The Orchard, Opening: October 20)

Cannes Staycation: The 1987 Edition—Part Three

By Nick Davis
May 30, 2017
Cold take: in this final installment, a look at the winners (and close calls) of a year that included films by Fellini, Wenders, and Pialat

Cannes Staycation: The 1987 Edition—Part Two

By Nick Davis
May 22, 2017
From sidebars to the main event: a (Babette's) feast of offerings from the U.K., Palestine, and beyond

Cannes Staycation: The 1987 Edition—Part One

By Nick Davis
May 17, 2017
Same as it ever was: the first in a series of looks back at the wonderful, outrageous, and awful films that were on offer at the venerable French fest 30 years ago

Review: Frantz

By Nick Davis
March 3, 2017
(François Ozon, France, Music Box Films, Opens March 15)

TCM Diary: The Strange Case of Two Arabian Knights

By Nick Davis
March 1, 2017
No mission too difficult: the progenitor of the buddy comedy (and the only film to win an Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction)

Festivals: Chicago

By Nick Davis
January 19, 2017
Cubs win: the annual fest in the Windy City offered terrific titles from Iran, France, and the U.S.

Short Take: The Salesman

By Nick Davis
January 3, 2017
(Asghar Farhadi, Iran/France, Cohen Media Group, January 27)

Hiding in Plain Sight

By Nick Davis
July 5, 2016
The casual complexity and low-key intensity of Kristen Stewart

Interview: Todd Haynes

By Nick Davis
November 11, 2015
The director of Carol and Far From Heaven analyzes the films he has selected to accompany his own work in a series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center