Light touches: this year’s slate was dotted with life-affirming standouts like Claire Denis’s Fire, Mikhaël Hers’s The Passengers of the Night, and more
Cross the breeze: as this year’s selection demonstrated, Rotterdam’s main competition slate stands as arguably the foremost platform for adventurous new talent on the international festival circuit
Catch the drift: though many films seemed to be chasing the success of Get Out, a number of excellent fiction features at this year’s festival played by their own rules
Fresh perspective: the nonfiction lineup ran the gamut from the exploitative provocation of Jihad Rehab to the genuinely moving uplift of jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Wheel's on fire: Abby Sun and Violet Lucca join to discuss the festival that was, including standout films We Met in Virtual Reality, Dos Estaciones, I Didn’t See You There, and more
A closer look: Scathing but myopic in its critique of the sexist cinema of Hollywood, Nina Menkes’s Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power regurgitates the blind spots of male-gaze theory.
Revenge of the fallen: FC’s beloved column returns with the director of The Worst Person in the World making his case for The Muppet Movie, Eat Pray Love, Rad, and more.
