Hugo de Sousa and Sarah Whelden are Best Friends with the Devil

Hugo de Sousa and Sarah Whelden are Best Friends with...

Best Friends with the Devil, the latest short from de Sousa and Whelden, explores the complexity of friendships and how treasured relationships can become toxic. … read more

Óliver Laxe and the Journey of Sirāt

Óliver Laxe and the Journey of Sirāt
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In Óliver Laxe’s film Sirāt, grief, spirituality, despair and hope all converge in one hypnotic desert odyssey. Sirāt serves as both a quest and a metaphor. … read more

Director Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor

Director Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor
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The Perfect Neighbor chronicles the shooting of a Black woman by her white neighbor. For Gandbhir it’s been a fight for accountability and a vessel for healing. … read more

James Whitaker Brings an AI Apocalypse into Focus in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

James Whitaker Brings an AI Apocalypse into Focus in Good...
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Whitaker brings sensibility to Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, shaping a film that balances satire, science fiction and uneasy realism. … read more

Matthew Robinson on Writing Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Matthew Robinson on Writing Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
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Robinson is a writer-director who is less interested in directing himself than in making sure his films have great direction. … read more

Filmmakers Lily Platt and Lovisa Sirén Are Rocking Shorts This Winter

Filmmakers Lily Platt and Lovisa Sirén Are Rocking Shorts This...
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Though wildly different in tone and geography, Platt and Sirén share a commitment to emotional honesty, even when it’s uncomfortable or unflattering. … read more

Casey G. Williams Can’t Be Contained

Casey G. Williams Can’t Be Contained
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Casey G. Williams’ film explores how containerization accelerated China’s rise, shifting economic power from West to East and intensifying division worldwide. … read more

Ira Sachs on Art and Risk in Peter Hujar’s Day

Ira Sachs on Art and Risk in Peter Hujar’s Day
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For Sachs, Peter Hujar’s Day is not simply a portrait of an artist. It is a meditation on the communities that teach artists how to see. … read more

Ross Syner and David Bradley on the Bond of Brothers

Ross Syner and David Bradley on the Bond of Brothers
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How far would you go to protect the people you love? This is the question at the heart of Brothers, a short film directed by Ross Syner and starring David Bradley. … read more

Brandon Routh: From Comic Hero to Comic Lead

Brandon Routh: From Comic Hero to Comic Lead
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If the Man of Steel himself can be rebooted, so can Brandon Routh, and while headlining two new films this year, his priority has been to make you laugh.  … read more

Olga Kurylenko’s New Horror Film Stands Out From Any Other

Olga Kurylenko’s New Horror Film Stands Out From Any Other
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For Kurylenko, Other is not merely a horror film — it’s an emotional excavation, a story of repression and recovery told through the language of dread. … read more

Matthew McConaughey Drives The Lost Bus

Matthew McConaughey Drives The Lost Bus
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McConaughey stars as a school bus driver whose personal life is overshadowed by the life-or-death task of shepherding 22 children through a raging inferno. … read more