Valérie Massadian on Milla, Working with Nan Goldin and Uses For Anger
This interview was originally published at Filmmaker.
Committed to Paper: Writer/Director Paul Schrader on First Reformed
This interview was originally published at Filmmaker.
“There are Miracles”: A Conversation with Hong Sang-soo
This interview was originally published at Mubi.
The Man With No Hands: Lucrecia Martel and Zama
This interview was originally published at Mubi. I collaborated on this piece with Daniel Kasman.
Guilt as Madness: An Interview with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
This interview was originally published at Mubi.
“A Dance of Her Whole Life”: Zhao Tao on Mountains May Depart
This interview was originally published at Mubi.
Further Questions for Hou Hsiao-hsien
This interview was originally published at Mubi. I collaborated on this piece with Daniel Kasman.
Horse Money (2014)
In 2007, soon after a screening of Pedro Costa’s Colossal Youth at the San Francisco International Film Festival, I went for a long walk through Golden Gate Park and decided on a whim to explore… Horse Money (2014)
Three Sisters (2012)
Wang introduced Three Sisters as “a simple film” that “might be too long.” I appreciate his humility (a hallmark of his filmmaking, too), but I think he’s wrong on both counts. There’s nothing simple about this precise assemblage of footage collected during several visits to the girls’ remote farming village, and the length of the film is, in fact, essential to its success.