Samuel Abrahams on Putting Up a Funhouse Mirror in “Lady”
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Sky Hopkina on Capturing Movement Over Time and Space in “Powwow People”
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Dara Van Dusen on Breathing Life into “A Prayer for the Dying”
The director discusses this chilling adaptation of Stewart O'Nan's frontier-set tale starring Johnny Flynn as a sheriff out of answers in the face of a pandemic.
Melody C. Roscher on Refusing to Go the Easy Route in “Bird in Hand”
A producer-turned-director talks about bringing this stirring family comedy to the screen about a bride-to-be in search of herself.
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