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The Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival 2018 Report
The Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival 2018 Report

Alex Lines reports on his time during 2018 The Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival, held in Australia, and the films he was able to see: Interval and Fist & Faith.

Cannes 2018 Days 5 & 6: Drugs, Farce & The Best Film Of The Festival So Far
Cannes 2018 Days 5 & 6: Drugs, Farce & The Best Film Of The Festival So Far

On Cannes days 5 & 6, Gus Edgar saw a variety of films, including Gaspar Noe’s Climax, Mandy, and Spike Lee’s latest BlacKKKlansman.

Tribeca Reviews: ZOE, IN A RELATIONSHIP & WOMAN WALKS AHEAD

Kristy Strouse reviews her final batch of films from Tribeca Film Festival, including Zoe, In a Relationship, and Woman Walks Ahead.

Tribeca: 25th Anniversary Of SCHINDLER'S LIST Followed By Cast Panel
Tribeca: 25th Anniversary Of SCHINDLER’S LIST Followed By Cast Panel

Stephanie Archer reports on her time during Tribeca Film Festival 2018, and on her final day, recaps the Tribeca Retrospective Schindler’s List.

Tribeca Film Festival: DEAD WOMEN WALKING: A Solemn Walk to an Impactful Film
Tribeca Review: DEAD WOMEN WALKING: A Solemn Walk To An Impactful Film

Hagar Ben-Asher’s Dead Women Walking creates the opportunity for conversation and examination while humanizing those individuals that society has locked away without a further care or thought of.

Cannes Review: EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Multi-Tasking Kidnap Drama One Sud Short Of Soap Opera
Cannes Review: EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Multi-Tasking Kidnap Drama One Sud Short Of Soap Opera

Asghar Farhadi’s Everbody Knows is a melodrama that takes itself too seriously – one that pulls in each and every direction to try and find some thematic footing, and ends up not saying too much about anything.

Tribeca Review & Interview: THE GREAT PRETENDER: When Reality & Performance Blur
Tribeca Review & Interview: THE GREAT PRETENDER: When Reality & Performance Blur

As well as getting a chance to check out witty theatrical drama The Great Pretender at Tribecca Film Festival, Film Inquiry’s Kristy Strouse also got to speak to director Nathan Silver about his film.

Tribeca Film Festival: From Documentary to Fiction, This One Covers It All
Tribeca Reviews: From Documentary to Fiction, This One Covers It All

Stephanie Archer gives a roundup of some of her experiences at Tribeca Film Festival, including a sci-fi, documentaries, shorts, and more.

Tribeca Film Festival: Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi Goldberg
Tribeca Film Festival: Animated Shorts Curated By Whoopi Goldberg

Stephanie Archer reports on her time during Tribeca Film Festival 2018, and reviews the animated short films curated by Whoopi Goldberg.

Tribeca Reviews: Women-Directed Coming-of-Age Films: ALL THESE SMALL MOMENTS, LEMONADE, THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST, and LITTLE WOODS
Tribeca Reviews: Women-Directed Coming-of-Age Films: ALL THESE SMALL MOMENTS, LEMONADE, THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST & LITTLE WOODS

David Fontana discusses four films directed by women that show transitional periods of life, from an adolescent teen to an immigrant mother attempting to make it in America.

Tribeca Review & Interviews: LITTLE WOODS: A Confident Debut
Tribeca Review & Interviews: LITTLE WOODS: A Confident Debut

Little Woods, the debut film by Nia DaCosta, had its premiere at this years Tribeca…

Tribeca Reviews: Foreign Zombie Flicks: THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD & CARGO
Tribeca Reviews: Foreign Zombie Flicks: THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD & CARGO

Both The Night Eats the World and Cargo, despite their differing subjects and approaches, manage to bring both meat and brains to the zombie film.

Tribeca Reviews: Small Community-Focused Documentaries: PHANTOM COWBOYS and ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
Tribeca Reviews: Small Community-Focused Documentaries: PHANTOM COWBOYS & ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

Both Phantom Cowboys and Island of the Hungry Ghosts are finely wrought documentaries which also touch on universal themes. Though taking place in isolated communities, they reflect on the struggle for happiness inherent in the human condition itself.

Tribeca Film Festival: Interview with Justin P. Lange and Nadia Alexander of THE DARK
Tribeca Film Festival: THE DARK: A New Terror Lurks In These Woods

Premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Justin P. Lange’s The Dark is an ingenious reinvention of the zombie genre, bringing a new rage monster to the cinematic screen and exhibiting what anger and fear truly is. This is a film you will not soon be forgetting.

Interview With RBG Directors Julie Cohen & Betsy West
“We Never Wanted to Shy Away From the Fact That You’re Seeing a Story About a Very Active Now 85 Year Old.” Interview With RBG Directors Julie Cohen & Betsy West

Arlin Golden had the opportunity to speak with directors Julie Cohen & Betsy West, who created the beautiful biopic of the “Notorious RBG”, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.