Interview with Kenya Marquez, “Expiration Date”
Latinbeat opens Friday with Kenya Marquez's impressive debut feature Expiration Date. Read our interview with the filmmaker about its balance between darkness and humor, shifting perspectives, and her inspiration for the project.
In Defense of Orthodoxy: Two Late Films by Claude Sautet
The French master's last two films are humane, generous, and stubbornly traditional works—a reminder that old-fashioned novelistic filmmaking can stun just as effectively as its more radical counterparts.
Martin Segal: 1916 - 2012
A passionate patron of the arts, Film Society of Lincoln Center co-founder Marty Segal died last weekend in New York City at the age of 96. UPDATE: Video of our recent interview with Segal about his remembrances of the New York Film Festival.
Veteran Producer Ted Hope to Head San Francisco Film Society
Leading New York City indie producer will head west to start at San Francisco Film Society on September 1st.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Illusions Against Reality in Pablo Larraín’s “No”
In the sixth of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Claudia Piwecki discusses the blending of history and fiction in this award-winning Chilean film starring Gael García Bernal.
Remembering Marty Segal
Film Society executive director Rose Kuo looks back on the life and legacy of one of New York film culture's indisputable giants.
Locarno 2012 Diary: My River Runs to Thee: New Films from Apichatpong Weerasethakul
In the sixth in a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Adam Cook discusses two quiet, contemplative shorts from the master Thai filmmaker.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Different Shades of the Male Ideal
In the fifth of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Zeba Blay touches on heroic journeys, hard-boiled cops, and divergent visions of masculinity and authority.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Expectation and Discovery
In the fourth in a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Michael Nordine covers Berberian Sound Studio and Padroni di Casa.
Locarno 2012 Diary: Compliance and its Law Abiding Tormenters
In the third of a series of articles from the Locarno Critics Academy, Celluloid Liberation Front describes Compliance as "a monstrous story" that feels "urgent and timely."
