Charlotte Regan & Scrapper
Connor Lightobody talks to Charlotte Regan about Scrapper at EIFF 2023.
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Ira Sachs Interview
“What I wanted to do [with PASSAGES] was make a film of pleasure. I was trying to turn people on. Which doesn’t mean gratuitous or exploitative; I was trying to make a film where the beauty of bodies in different lights and colours was embraced.”
Corvine: Sean McCarron interview
Within CORVINE’s brisk ten-minute runtime, Sean McCarron is able to translate the pain of growing up as a deviant; one not fully welcome within the will of society.
Stay Awake
STAY AWAKE’s interest in a microcosm of the US opioid crisis rather than the grand picture limits the film’s scope, and its emotional strength is limited by an insistence on diverting attention away from the addict.
Thomas Hardiman interview
Director of Medusa Deluxe, Thomas Hardiman, spoke about his audacious one-take whodunnit set in a hairdressing salon, about blowing up walls with dynamite, baby agents of chaos, and working with music producer Koreless.
Medusa Deluxe
In Tom Hardiman’s audacious whodunnit debut, MEDUSA DELUXE, it’s the hair that is cursed, and a trio of viperous contestants each embody a facet of the Gorgonite sister mythology.
Reality
Adapting from her own play, Tina Satter takes on a Herculean task with REALITY: transforming a stage production into a compelling film, all while continuing to keep the same true information and dialogue of an FBI interrogation transcript.
The Blue Caftan
THE BLUE CAFTAN is a film that rewards patience, and Maryam Touzani’s decision to keep the camera lingering on her stars’ bright, pained eyes in intimate moments enhances the emotional connection behind them.
Skin Deep
SKIN DEEP has high ambitions but is too unfocused, and a lack of attention in navigating the finer elements of body dysmorphia squanders the film’s intriguing premise.
Past Lives
PAST LIVES – Celine Song’s deeply human film about the pain of missed chances and the hard truths – flows from beat to beat with aching precision and evokes guttural melancholy over and over again.