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Festivals

Interview: Todd Haynes, Ed Lachman, and Mark Friedberg

By Michael Koresky
September 25, 2017
Heroic trio: Wonderstruck’s director, cinematographer, and production designer discuss the inspirations for re-imagining different eras of New York

Festivals: Toronto 2017

By Nicolas Rapold
September 22, 2017
Crowd control: soaking up the reactions to new films by Louis CK, Greta Gerwig, and James Franco in the theater where rabid fans and press collide

Festivals: Venice 2017

By Nicolas Rapold
September 18, 2017
Truman shows: the Fifties were a useful touchstone in this year’s crop of studio films on the Lido

Festivals: Toronto

By Michael Koresky
September 14, 2017
Fatal attractions: this year’s pared-down fest offered several views on loss and aging

The Film Comment Podcast: Live from TIFF ’17

By Film Comment
September 13, 2017
Northern lights: six critics discuss Zama, mother!, Downsizing, and much more at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

Telluride 2017 Journal

By Eugene Hernandez
September 13, 2017
True stories: even the best fiction offerings at the mountain-adjacent festival were based in reality

Venice Interview: Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor

By Nicolas Rapold
September 11, 2017
Dinner conversation: the directors of the ground-breaking Leviathan have a prolonged audience with Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa (and his brother)

Review: Wonderstruck

By Michael Koresky
September 5, 2017
(Director: Todd Haynes, Country/Distributor: USA, Amazon Studios, Opening: October 20)

Interview: Sean Baker

By Amy Taubin
September 4, 2017
Speak for yourself: the director of The Florida Project and Tangerine discusses his approaches to narrative and character

Festivals: Locarno 2017

By Jordan Cronk
September 1, 2017
No ego: the diverse offerings at the fest’s 70th edition offered an even playing field