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.
Eruptions: critics Cassie da Costa and Abby Sun join to discuss standout films from the festival’s opening weekend, including docs Fire of Love and Riotsville, USA and new films from Lena Dunham and Jesse Eisenberg
