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“The Process of Dehumanization that Happened to the Palestinians”: Kamal Aljafari on A Fidai Film

The red silhouettes of two young boys stand in a black-and-white doorway.A Fidai Film

It’s been a busy year for Kamal Aljafari.  One of the most innovative voices working in contemporary found footage cinema, the Palestinian filmmaker’s latest feature, A Fidai Film (which premiered this past spring at Visions du Reel in Nyon, Switzerland,…  Read more

By Dec 17, 2024

Border Crossings: Paul Schrader on Oh, Canada

A man with a mustache holds a movie camera in an open field.Jacob Elordi in Oh, Canada

The face of Leonard Fife (Richard Gere) is a slab—gaunt, ashen, with a firm, unsmiling mouth. In front of the camera, he’s at once impassive and confessional before his two interlocutors, Malcolm (Michael Imperioli) and Diana (Victoria Hill). They’ve recruited…  Read more

By Dec 16, 2024

Sentient Images: RaMell Ross on Nickel Boys

A young man stares directly at you while outside.Brandon Wilson in Nickel Boys

RaMell Ross’s 2018 feature debut, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, is a non-narrative portrait of its Alabama locale, shot entirely by the filmmaker over years of immersion, his instinctually captured material assembled into intricate juxtapositions. Few scale-ups for a…  Read more

By Dec 16, 2024

The Truth Exhumed: Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat on Sugarcane

A man digs in a graveyard.Chief Willie Sellars in Sugarcane

Beginning in 1894, the Canadian government forced Indigenous children to attend segregated boarding schools. The schools were designed to “get rid of the Indian ‘problem.’” Most were run by the Catholic church. For years, students spoke of abuse and whispered…  Read more

By Dec 16, 2024


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