InterviewsInterview: Mike Wiluan on Putting a Southeast Asian Spin on the Wild, Wild West in “Buffalo Boys”The filmmaker and entrepreneur talks about building up the profile of Southeast Asia both onscreen and off with this rousing, action-filled ...byStephen SaitoJan 16, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Simon Lereng Wilmont on a War That Hits Home in “The Distant Barking of Dogs”The filmmaker talks about his arresting feature debut and illustrating the influence of constant war on the psyche of a young child in the U...byStephen SaitoJan 14, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Rayka Zehtabchi on Documenting the Start of a Revolution in “Period. End of Sentence”The filmmaker talks about the Oscar-shortlisted short about how a small machine empowers a group of women in rural India to change their fat...byStephen SaitoJan 13, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Floyd Russ on Bringing Out a Wrestler’s Inner Fire in “Zion”The filmmaker talks about his engaging Oscar-shortlisted short, profiling a wrestler whose competition hasn't stood a chance given what he's...byStephen SaitoJan 13, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Anna Zamecka on Observing a Loss of Faith in “Communion”The filmmaker talks about the remarkable Oscar-shortlisted film that chronicles the disillusionment of a young woman seeing her immediate fa...byStephen SaitoJan 12, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Studio Ponoc Founder Yoshiaki Nishimura on the Short Films That Portend a Long Future with “Modest Heroes”The former Studio Ghibli vet talks about this collection of shorts showcasing the exciting talent he's bringing into the fold of this emergi...byStephen SaitoJan 8, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Almundena Carracedo & Robert Bahar in Giving Voice to Generations of the Oppressed in “The Silence of Others”The filmmakers talk about restoring a painful but necessary part of Spanish history after the country's "Pact of Forgetting" erased memories...byStephen SaitoJan 7, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Jen McGowan on Navigating the Treacherous Turns of “Rust Creek”The "Kelly and Cal" director talks about escaping certain tropes in this taut survival story of a strong-willed teenager whose car breaks do...byStephen SaitoJan 4, 2019
FavoritesOur Favorites 2018: Cinematographer Julie Kirkwood on Picking Up the Pieces in “Destroyer”The DP behind "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House" talks about creating a cohesive and dynamic visual scheme for the bold new thr...byStephen SaitoJan 4, 2019
FavoritesOur Favorites 2018: Richard Lorber on Building a Sustainable Home for Classics of the Past and Future at Kino LorberThe CEO of the venerable New York-based distributor talks about continuing to cultivate cinephilia against all odds and positioning themselv...byStephen SaitoJan 2, 2019