At last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Chilean director Diego Céspedes emerged as one of the most striking debut voices — not only because of the emotional depth of his film
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… the kind of film that’s difficult to shake.
Paolo Sorrentino has long been fascinated by power in his movies. From chronicling former Italian PM, Giulio Andreotti, in 2008’s Il Divo to the world of PM Silvio Silvio Berlusconi
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What lingers most is not the political backdrop or even the narrative itself, but the texture of memory: the heat of the city, the noise of the streets, the quiet
Director Julia Loktev discusses her documentary My Undesirable Friends: Last Air in Moscow (Part 1), reflecting on her return to Russia, the decision to film on an iPhone, and her
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… hauntingly beautiful.
Gianfranco Rosi and Daniel Blumberg on the Sound and Silence of Pompeii: Below the Clouds
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… lingers long after it ends.