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Nicolas Rapold

Festivals: True/False

By Nicolas Rapold
June 30, 2015
As eclectic and respected as ever, the Missouri festival presented another cannily curated slate of films drawn from around the world, but does its reputation hold up?

Interview: Mia Hansen-Løve

By Nicolas Rapold
June 22, 2015
Dance hall days: the director of Eden discusses collaborating with her brother and how she found the beat for her nocturnal characters

Cannes Interview: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

By Nicolas Rapold
June 1, 2015
The power of nightmares: the Thai filmmaker’s latest, Cemetery of Splendour, hints at painful history as it plumbs the unconscious

Short Takes: The Wolfpack

By Nicolas Rapold
April 27, 2015
(Crystal Moselle, U.S., 2015)

Short Takes: Good Kill

By Nicolas Rapold
April 24, 2015
(Andrew Niccol, U.S., 2014)

Hot Property: K

By Nicolas Rapold
April 23, 2015
Obstacle Courses

Interview: Lisandro Alonso

By Nicolas Rapold
March 25, 2015
Going to extremes: the Argentine filmmaker on entering the world of Jauja and working with Viggo Mortensen

Exactly Two Questions With: Viggo Mortensen

By Nicolas Rapold
March 18, 2015
The star of Lisandro Alonso's otherworldly Jauja delves into Danish and Argentine history for us (but hold the imperialism!)

Vision: Little Animals

By Nicolas Rapold
March 3, 2015
John Waters corrupts the youth with Kiddie Flamingos

Interview: Christian Petzold

By Nicolas Rapold
February 26, 2015
The director of Phoenix discusses his collaboration with Harun Farocki and Hitler bunker conspiracy theories

Short Takes: The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq

By Nicolas Rapold
February 25, 2015
(Guillaume Nicloux, France, 2014)

Short Takes: Faults

By Nicolas Rapold
February 25, 2015
(Riley Stearns, U.S., 2014)

Hot Property: Mercuriales

By Nicolas Rapold
February 25, 2015
Outer Limits

Festivals: IDFA

By Nicolas Rapold
February 20, 2015
The expansive documentary festival in Amsterdam presented a number of films that plunge into political and historical melees

Hot Property: Bypass

By Nicolas Rapold
February 18, 2015
Concrete Wasteland

Short Takes: Wild Tales

By Nicolas Rapold
February 5, 2015
(Damián Szifrón, Argentina/Spain, 2014)

Interview: Shlomi Elkabetz

By Nicolas Rapold
January 21, 2015
Legally bound: the co-director of Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem reveals the secrets to making rabbinical law cinematic

Festivals: Toronto

By Nicolas Rapold
January 12, 2015
The sorrow and the pity: some of the darker films on offer at Canada's super-sized, international festival

Festivals: Venice

By Nicolas Rapold
January 5, 2015
Walk on the wild side: a selection of films about the ostracized, assassinated, and forgotten from the 2014 Biennale

Short Takes: When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

By Nicolas Rapold
December 30, 2014
(Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, 2013)