Roberto Minervini on Capturing the Haunting Quality of War in “The Damned”
The director discusses creating a bridge between the past and the present with this soul-stirring Civil War-set rumination on why we fight.
Cannes 2025 Review: Hafsia Herzi’s “The Little Sister” Compassionately Chronicles an Age of Contradictions
A Parisian teen may see the complexities of her life as an obstacle, but a drama views her as a character rich in possibilities.
Cannes 2025 Review: A Teacher is in for an Education in Louise Hémon’s Mordant “The Girl in the Snow”
The crafty drama concerns an educator who's come to enlighten a rural village at the turn of the 20th century and feels she's regressing.
Cannes 2024 Review: A Young Man’s Uneasy with Having It Easy in Laurent Cantet’s Tremendous “Enzo”
"BPM" director Robin Campillo brings his longtime collaborator's final film to the screen with the fire of a young man & considerable wisdom.
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival Interview: Alika Maikau Tengan on Rewriting the Rules of the Road in “Molokaʻi Bound”
The director discusses this stirring drama about a parolee reclaiming his life and capturing working class life in Hawaii.
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