Disregard the glowing reviews and eight-minute standing ovations. What really adds fuel to film festival publicity fires are the boos, the walkouts, the affect...
What’s it like to practice a sport build on freedom and expression in a highly oppressive environment where being a young man equals having a target on your bac...
Highlighting the consequences of personhood laws, which essentially prioritize the rights of an unborn fetus over those of the woman carrying the child, Jo Ardi...
An intimate yet slight portrait of New York cartoonist, poet, children’s book author, New York Times op-ed contributor, and father to nine child, Stevenson: Los...
The most meaningful educational experiences often take place around the kind of classroom learning that is prescribed in a curriculum, the “ah-ha” moments that ...
In a certain light, all filmmakers–even the most successful–are con artists as heart, convincing investors, a crew, and performers to go along for the ride with...
After earning acclaim for his short films, Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis embarked on his first feature animation with a crew of precisely one. The dialo...
Gene Kelly likes to sing in it, Spider-Man is known to kiss in it, but moody old melodrama remains the most reliable companion to rain at the movies. This is at...
One of the major sensations of Sundance Film Festival in 2012, Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild broke out of its indie bubble, going on to earn ne...
Since his break-out feature City of God, Fernando Meirelles hasn't quite lived up to the promise of that beloved drama but he's now back with what looks to ...