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Festivals

Locarno Interview: Andrzej Żuławski

By Nick Pinkerton
August 14, 2015
Savage provocation: the Polish auteur returns after a 15-year break from filmmaking with Cosmos, an adaptation of Witold Gombrowicz's novel

Festivals: Syros

By Rachael Rakes
August 4, 2015
Located on a beach-lined Greek isle, the young hybrid-favoring fest bore the earmarks of a personal touch rather than a set agenda

Festivals: Karlovy Vary

By Giovanni Vimercati
July 27, 2015
The spa-town fest celebrated its gold anniversary this year, but how is the venerable event holding up?

Festivals: Il Cinema Ritrovato

By Genevieve Yue
July 21, 2015
The 29th annual Bologna showcase of restorations and preservations spanned divas, war crimes, and marital mix-ups from across the globe

Slumming It

By Laura Kern
June 30, 2015
Days and Nights in the Market

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

Lost Horizons

By Olaf Möller
April 23, 2015
At Berlin this year, you could feel the push and pull between idealism and disillusionment

Festivals: Punto de Vista

By Jay Kuehner
March 31, 2015
After a two-year hiatus, the Pamplona documentary fest returns with films attuned to island rhythms

Easy Does It

By Laura Kern
February 27, 2015
In the annual Sundance battle between darkness and light, the feel-good films felt best

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