The Quiet Gravity of Sandra Hüller: Navigating Stardom, Sovereignty, and the Art of Refusal
Editor’s note: This interview was originally conducted during the 2026 Telluride Film Festival. MUBI releases “Fatherland” in select theaters starting Friday, October 23. In the wake of two distinct tributes at the 2026 Telluride Film Festival, Sandra…
The Myth of the Hollywood Ladder: Why Recognition No Longer Guarantees a Career
For generations, the roadmap to Hollywood success was sold as a linear ascent: get an agent, book the studio job, win the award, and repeat until you can afford a home in a quaint enclave of Studio City. It was a narrative of inevitable progression, a…
A Decade of Moonlight: Tarell Alvin McCraney Reflects on the Enduring Legacy of an Indie Masterpiece
Ten years have passed since Moonlight, the evocative and deeply personal cinematic triumph, first graced screens, permanently altering the landscape of independent film. For its creator, playwright and screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney, the journey of…
The Art of the Hustle: How ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ Captured the City’s Soul
In the landscape of modern independent cinema, it is a well-worn cliché to label a film’s setting as a “character.” However, in writer-director Noah Segan’s latest feature, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, the streets of the Five Boroughs are not…
The Reconstruction of Memory: Pawel Pawlikowski’s "Fatherland" and the Anatomy of a Post-War Elegy
[Editor’s Note: This interview was originally conducted during the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. MUBI releases "Fatherland" in select theaters starting Friday, October 23, 2026.] In the landscape of contemporary European cinema, few names carry…
Joachim Rønning Pivots to Horror: The Director of ‘Tron: Ares’ Sets Sights on New Project ‘System’
In a significant shift for his burgeoning blockbuster resume, Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Rønning—best known for his grand-scale visual spectacles like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and the upcoming Tron: Ares—is moving into the…
The Resonant Legacy of ‘Grace of My Heart’: A Three-Decade Retrospective
Thirty years ago, writer-director Allison Anders stood at a precarious crossroads. Having established herself as a vital voice in the independent film scene with the critical darlings Gas Food Lodging and Mi Vida Loca, she suddenly found her momentum…
The Unvarnished Lens: Douglas Keeve and the Enduring Legacy of ‘Unzipped’
For documentary filmmakers, the intersection of the personal and the professional is a treacherous landscape. When the subject of one’s camera is also the subject of one’s heart, the result can either be a compromised exercise in hagiography or a…
The Intimate Lens: Why Douglas Keeve’s ‘Unzipped’ Remains the Gold Standard of Fashion Documentary
For journalists and filmmakers alike, the intersection of romantic intimacy and professional documentation is a high-wire act. When the subject of your lens is also the person with whom you share a bed, the boundaries between objective observation and…
The Intimate Lens: Revisiting ‘Unzipped’ and the Ethical Tightrope of Documenting a Lover
In the landscape of documentary filmmaking, the line between observer and participant is often thin. When that line is blurred by romance, the result can either be a compromised exercise in hagiography or, in the rarest of cases, a masterpiece of…
