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Mohammad Rasoulof Made The Seed of the Sacred Fig in Secret

"I decided that perhaps the best solution is to use real footage, since I was making this film 'underground' [without legal permits]... I believed that even if I had the capacity to recreate these scenes, I could never reach the power of the reality that was documented in the real footage."

Sook-Yin Lee on Directing, Love, and Paying For It

"Adapted from the graphic novel by Chester Brown – which was a memoir in itself – and because I was a character in the graphic novel, I took a whole bunch of stuff that wasn't in the novel that I was privy to [...] it's really kind of a hybrid of reality, fiction, all muzzled up."

How RaMell Ross Shaped the Immersive POV of Nickel Boys

"The film that I made previously, called Hale County This Morning, This Evening, was essentially from a first person perspective... I used, I think, three or four shots from that film as a proof of concept when trying to show people how images look and how the camera would be moving..."

Recent reviews

An unforgettable lead performance and a vivid sense of setting are just two of the strengths of Spencer Creigh’s vignette about a beach-town fixture who gets thrown for a loop by some sad news.

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By inviting viewers to take a closer look at the birds that serve as one of this country’s hardiest symbols, Karsten Wall’s stunning documentary invites a deeper consideration of the conditions we humans have created for them.

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In this captivating piece by artist and filmmaker Catherine Boivin, morning runs serve as a means of retracing the footsteps of her Atikamekw ancestors and connecting with deeper rhythms.

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A sudden loss and an unusual request highlight the fierce and complicated bond between a mother and her son in this beautifully performed tragicomedy by Malia Ann.

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Liked reviews

Chicago’s infamous housing project, Cabrini-Green, is the perilous setting for intimate early-90s period piece We Grown Now. Renewing the coming of age roots she planted in her debut feature Hala, writer-director Minhal Baig captures two Black kids navigating systemic racism, brutal policing and broken promises, while imagining an unlikely better life. An unassuming character study set to poetic rhythms makes for an empathetic study of Black life, full of resolve. This evocative coming of age film premieres at the Toronto…

A poetic, earnest love letter to the Chicago Cabrini-Green projects that reminded me of my youth in Crown Heights. Once said in my Belfast review it was Kenneth Branagh listening to Stevie Wonder’s I Wish. Minhal Baig was listening to the entire “Songs In the Key of Life”

so funny, so dramatic, so french !

magnifique !! the kind of animation that makes film critics want to use gustatory adjectives like “sumptuous” to describe it. silly and chaotic but not at the expense of heart and depth. possibly a perfect film and definitely one of my favorites this year (and perhaps of all time)