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Festivals: Seattle

By Michelle Orange
July 3, 2014
The Northwest mega-fest remains omnivorous and voracious into its 40th year

Kaiju Shakedown: Slow Japan

By Grady Hendrix
July 2, 2014
Mono no imaimashii: on the annoyance—not the sadness—of the passage of time

Interview: Bernardo Bertolucci

By Emma Myers
July 1, 2014
The director of Last Tango in Paris discusses his latest film, Me and You, sexuality, and the future of cinema

Interview: Lou Ye

By Xin Zhou
June 30, 2014
The director of Summer Palace returns after his five-year ban from filmmaking with the understated Blind Massage

Bombast: Jersey Boys

By Nick Pinkerton
June 27, 2014
Female trouble: on Jersey Boys, Mrs. Eastwood & Company, and Tightrope

Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction

By Kevin B. Lee
June 27, 2014
Global Hollywood: on the interlocking parts of the fourth installment of the Michael Bay superfranchise

Interview: Bong Joon Ho

By David Gregory Lawson
June 27, 2014
First class: the director of Snowpiercer and The Host explains how to achieve a heady mix of violence and social commentary

Review: They Came Together

By Morgan Wilcock
June 26, 2014
Stop me if you've heard this one before: the team behind Wet Hot American Summer reunites to take on rom-coms

Film of the Week: Snowpiercer

By Jonathan Romney
June 26, 2014
We are the world: Bong Joon Ho's unapologetically political, philosophical, and flamboyant blockbuster

Interview: Joanna Hogg

By Graham Fuller
June 24, 2014
The director of Exhibition and Archipelago discusses class, architecture, and working with Viv Albertine