Author Maria San Filippo

If unaware, as I was, that there’s a film festival devoted exclusively to mountain cinema, much less that it’s in its venerable 70th year, this and other pleasant surprises await in Trento, an exquisite small c...

This will not be a typical festival review, in that it will not offer in-depth commentary – or even a “best of” roundup – on a sizable selection of what was programmed over Labor Day weekend in the mining town-...

Although not released until 25 years after its production, Une vraie jeune fille (A Real Young Girl, Catherine Breillat, 1976/2000) stands now as an auspicious screen debut for self-proclaimed “pariah of French...

Nominated for a César for Best Original Screenplay, Suzanne (2013) is the second feature film by Ivory Coast-born writer-director Katell Quillévéré, one of an up-and-coming cadre of young women directors workin...

An overview of Deneuve's screen persona in key French and non-French productions.

It seems nothing short of extraordinary that no book-length study of Atom Egoyan by English-language scholars has been published to date. Exhibit A: For over a decade, Egoyan has been enticing critics, cineaste...

An overview of the program at this young Asian film festival.

The 1970s have rightly been called the last golden age of American cinema, a reference not only to Hollywood and independent movies of this era but also to movie-going itself. Mainstream American audiences of t...

A lively and probing discussion of the phenomenon of 'director's cuts' and how well Coppola's revamped war saga rates.

Celebrating its 25th year as the largest independent festival in the southeast United States, the Atlanta Film & Video Festival under the helmship of director Genevieve McGillicuddy amassed a record-bre...

(Love's A Bitch, Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000) From its gripping opening sequence, a frenetic car chase through an apocalyptic Mexico City, to its final image of man and dog setting off into a vast ...

A revealing, intriguing discussion of the importance of place, in particular, Atlantic City, in these two films.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the 2001 Sundance Film Festival was blessedly low on buzz, hype, and Hollywood power players. The threat of union strikes looming large, coupled by the imminent economic slow...

A fascinating discussion of this most overlooked yet seminal American independent director.