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All that heaven allows
The great American independent director Rob Tregenza talks about his art, life and his excellent new film, The Fishing Place
Mar 7
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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February 2025
The Power and the Damned, or the reckoning
Brady Corbet's third feature builds toward a moment of shocking violence. What does it mean?
Feb 14
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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Bigger than life
Brady Corbet's The Brutalist Is a Visionary, Divisive Epic—And That's the Point
Feb 10
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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January 2025
"Dreaming, but awake," or the beautiful and the damned
Some personal thoughts and memories about the work and art of David Lynch (1946-2025)
Jan 23
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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November 2024
Women on the verge
Some great actresses give heart, depth and shading in filling out the poetic grandeur of Jacques Audiard's new musical crime thriller
Nov 21, 2024
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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Crime and punishment
Ludicrous as storytelling, Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 is rich in themes and ideas
Nov 1, 2024
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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March 2024
Stranger than paradise
A Joycean conversation with the great writer and director Radu Jude
Mar 21, 2024
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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February 2024
'The only way we fail is if we don’t make art'
A Sundance conversation with editor Ron Patane about reframing autobiographical art
Feb 28, 2024
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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'The only way we fail is if we don’t make art'
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Images, or the man in the gray suit
On movie modernism, adaptation, and coming to terms with a great director's work of dread and cultural occupation
Feb 23, 2024
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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'I find really sad things funny'
A conversation with actor and writer Laura Chinn about her directing debut, Suncoast
Feb 9, 2024
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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Memory and time
More from Sundance, the known and newly discovered, the best and brightest
Feb 2, 2024
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January 2024
Notes from the new underground
Memories of the Sundance Film festival, past, present and future
Jan 31, 2024
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Patrick Z. McGavin
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