Zachary Lee
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The First Responders of the Internet: Lili Reinhart on “American Sweatshop” | Interviews

The vocation that takes center stage in director Uta Briesewitz’s “American Sweatshop” is so depressingly prescient that it’s surprising its particularities haven’t been

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Our Minds Have Been Colonized: Ari Aster on “Eddington” | Interviews

It may be about time, or perhaps far too soon, to craft a movie that explores the realities of living through Summer 2020.

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That’s What Disruption Does For Me: Gareth Evans on “Havoc” | Interviews

One throughline of Welsh director Gareth Evans’ films is their punishing bleakness. Best known for the Indonesian crime martial arts films like “The

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Wonder Is Everything: Willem Dafoe on “The Legend of Ochi” | Interviews

Author and philosopher G.K. Chesterton wrote in his story collection, Tremendous Trifles, “The world will never starve for want of wonders, but only

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SXSW Film Festival 2025: Forge, Slanted, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick | Festivals & Awards

At this year’s SXSW, I’ve found that it’s easier to spot the thematic throughlines across projects. It’s a testament to the programmers for

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You Don’t Lie When You Pray: Paul Schrader on “Oh, Canada” | Interviews

“Whether or not you believe in God, you don’t lie when you pray.” So says Richard Gere who plays aging documentary filmmaker Leonard

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Living Forward: Adam Elliot on “Memoir of a Snail” | Interviews

If you notice any aesthetic blemishes on the miniatures in director Adam Elliot’s stop-motion film “Memoir of a Snail,” just know they were

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CIFF 2024: The Knife, Okie, Bliss | Festivals & Awards

While it is always a joy and privilege to travel for film festivals, there’s nothing quite like enjoying one from the comfort of

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TIFF 2024: Dead Talents Society, Else, Dead Mail | Festivals & Awards

By nature of their logistics, film festivals always come with innate frights (accidentally going to the wrong theater for your screening, anything and

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The Fairy Tale Shoes: Interview With the Cast and Crew of Cuckoo | Interviews

Hunter, your character’s weapon of choice by the film’s end isn’t a gun but a butterfly knife. I love how you play an

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