‘People who do not eat well are not to be trusted with artwork’: Viv Li on ‘Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest’
KARLOVY VARY 2026: The China-born, Berlin-based director dishes up East and West without ever tasting resolution.
‘I think identification is the only way we reach the other’: Alice Douard on ‘Love Letters’
FRAMELINE50: The French filmmaker talks to us about staying in the realm of questions, awkwardness, and misunderstandings while building a family in her first feature.
‘The Geneva you see in the film is the one we belong to’: Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter on ‘Summer Drift’
CANNES 2026: The directors chat with us about capturing that alternative view of the city they know so well, letting film and life meld together, and the importance of a little patience—and a lot of flexibility.
Covering the Tiers: ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ (2026) by Paloma Schneideman
SUNDANCE 2026: The New Zealand filmmaker’s debut feature leans into rationality and the retrospective gaze as a means of emotional comfort, where its narrative neatness is exceedingly alluring.
Resorting to Tenderness – A Temporal Implant: ‘Before/After’ (2025) by Manoël Dupont
THESSALONIKI 2025: The filmmaker’s debut feature suggests the connection formed might be as temporary as cosmetic surgery itself.
‘It’s a film about how difficult it can be for queer people to love in a world that doesn’t love them’: Alexis Langlois on ‘Queens of Drama’
BFI FLARE 2025: The French filmmaker speaks on their campy, vibrant, and delightfully spectacular debut feature, a musical following the romance between two musical divas through tumultuous decades.