Petra Costa on Finding Religion in “Apocalypse in the Tropics”
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Rebecca Martin Fagerholm and Emily Broderick on How the Cinema Femme Film Fest Stays a Step Ahead
The founder and festival director of this trailblazing shorts fest in Chicago discuss setting the stage for underrepresented filmmakers to build careers.
David Charbonier and Justin Powell on Testing the Limits with “Push”
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Agathe Riedinger on Finding the Beauty in “Wild Diamond”
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Christian Swegal on Finding Nuances of Political Extremism in “Sovereign”
The director discusses this tense drama starring Nick Offerman as a government skeptic who leads his son down a dangerous road.
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