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What Andrzej Żuławski Taught Me About Filmmaking

By Nicolas Boukhrief | December 12, 2016

What Andrzej Żuławski Taught Me About Filmmaking

Nicolas Boukhrief, director of Made in France, shares the advice given to him by the late auteur when he worked with him in the '80s.

Underrated/Overlooked: Stephen Cone on Being 17

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By Stephen Cone | November 18, 2016

Underrated/Overlooked: Stephen Cone on Being 17

Stephen Cone on the latest film by the criminally undervalued French filmmaker André Téchiné, a director very important to Cone's life and work.

Playing Cowboys and Indians in France and the Middle East

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By Shannon Plumb | July 13, 2016

Playing Cowboys and Indians in France and the Middle East

Shannon Plumb on Thomas Bidegain's Les Cowboys, which updates the Western for the post-9/11 world.

Bruce LaBruce (Gerontophilia) Talks Philippe Garrel’s In the Shadow of Women

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By Bruce LaBruce | January 27, 2016

Bruce LaBruce (Gerontophilia) Talks Philippe Garrel’s In the Shadow of Women

Though less internationally well-known than his peers, Garrel is one of the great French auteurs and his new film finds him at the peak of his powers.

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room

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By Zach Clark | October 2, 2014

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room

The French actor's latest directorial effort prompts discussion of 4x3 aspect ratio, short running times, nudity and the other kind of "TV movies."

Calvin Lee Reeder (The Rambler) Talks Ari Folman’s The Congress

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By Calvin Lee Reeder | September 2, 2014

Calvin Lee Reeder (The Rambler) Talks Ari Folman’s The Congress

Robin Wright plays Robin Wright in a surreal, dystopian vision of Hollywood's future, a film that's more psychic fiction than science fiction.

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness

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By Zach Clark | August 20, 2014

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness

How do you bounce back from the lowest, most humiliating experience of your life? If you're Catherine Breillat, you make a film about it.