Sean Baker’s career from hardscrabble indie director to Oscar winner has been anything but easy: we have the deep dive on Anora’s unlikely success.
The Sean Baker Project
Patrick Fey
Patrick Fey is a freelance critic, whose writing has appeared on Kino-Zeit, Critic.de, Filmstarts and Moviebreak.
Meet Me at the Forum
With a vital focus on Ukraine, this year’s Forum films offer a wide tent of differing visions from the cutting-edge of experimental cinema.
The Best Film Scenes of 2024
From Baby Annette dancing to Modern Love to the climax of By The Stream to Ellen’s introduction in Sterben, we recap the best scenes of the year.
“There’s all sorts of shit around a movie set. You don’t pay attention to all of it.” — Alex Ross Perry and Robert Greene on Pavements
Alex Ross Perry and Robert Greene discuss capturing the spirit of the 90s’ most ironic indie band by splicing together musical, biopic and exhibition.
Chasing Pavements
Pavements is a biopic, musical and exhibition, with Alex Ross Perry applying the idiosyncratic spirit of the 90s band to novel forms of cinematic expression.
Familiar Touch Depicts Dementia with Disarming Discernment
Sarah Friedland’s potent debut takes time and care to depict the ins and outs of living with dementia, to powerful results. Live from Venice Film Festival.