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Festivals

Festivals: Tribeca 2017

By Amy Taubin
May 11, 2017
The right to exist: two films at the downtown New York showcase stood out from the crowd of titles and events and names

Festivals: Berlin 2017

By Dan Sullivan
April 11, 2017
Uncertain ground: this year's fest had no choice but to deal with the world's troubles

Festivals: Miami 2017

By Violet Lucca
March 27, 2017
On international waters: this year's festival presented a wide-ranging selection of fiction and documentary films that made difficult subject matter accessible but not glib

Sundance Interview: Dustin Guy Defa

By Nick Pinkerton
March 13, 2017
Support your local: the director of Person to Person discusses capturing a lived-in New York on film

Trails of Destruction

By Amy Taubin
March 3, 2017
At Sundance, one film after another faced up to the world’s woes

Sundance Interview: Terence Nance

By Nick Pinkerton
March 3, 2017
I'm feeling lucky: the director of An Oversimplification of Her Beauty examines black identity through a live performance staged through Google

Festivals: Sundance 2017

By Nick Pinkerton
March 3, 2017
Brownstones over Park City: although Brooklyn was over-represented at this year's festival, the borough offered plenty of standouts from up-and-coming independent filmmakers

Festivals: Berlin

By Nick Pinkerton
February 27, 2017
Celluloid is colder than death: a crucial rediscovered Fassbinder work headlined the restorations and revivals at this year’s Berlinale

Cannes Interview: Claude Barras

By Nicolas Rapold
February 24, 2017
Eyes of a child: the director of My Life as a Zucchini discusses nailing the tone of his animated feature and collaborating with Céline Sciamma

Festivals: Berlin

By Jonathan Romney
February 17, 2017
In their own way: a quartet of new films showcase unhappy families, including Sebastián Lelio's latest