Takeshi Kitano’s "Sonatine" and a brief history of Japanese gangster films

Ahmed Khawaja and the Dilemmas of Multicultural Fluency

The diary films of the Abu Dhabi-based filmmaker reflect two contrasting ways of life and a cathartic exercise in self-reflection.

LJ Frezza, experimental filmmaker and cofounder of Basement Media Festival, talks with F News about how the festival has evolved since its inception and how to get involved.

Call it homage or plagiarism but these bands arrived at their names with outside help.

Music and sound design are critical to Lynch's work, but there’s a special attention given to the singer on the stage.

Music and sound design are critical to Lynch's work, but there’s a special attention given to the singer on the stage.

‘Cloud Atlas’ and the Legacy of Cinematic Disaster.

“...when a filmmaker cannot reduce the movie plot down to the MPAA-regulated trailer length of two minutes and thirty seconds, this is a sign of two things: either the film is a complete mess or its scope is so bold that it just can’t be simply boiled down. In the case of ‘Cloud Atlas,’ it appears that both are true.

As the reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival rolled in, critics were, unsurprisingly, split between declaring the movie a magnificent epic or an overwrought mess.”

28 years after his death, French filmmaker Jacques Tati takes the stage once more.

F Studio Visits: Kyle Evans from F Newsmagazine on Vimeo. Camera / Edit by Nick Briz

David Oreilly is an artist to watch.

The director discusses his classic tale of a would-be-thespian lizard in Rango, out in theaters March 4.

Abigail Breslin discusses her role in the upcoming animated film “Rango.”

"[San Diego] was a place where things seemed to be serene, where there’s the ocean and surface and palm trees, and clean beaches, and some sort of a horror slowly creeps up with you in this kind of environment. That’s what I found fascinating."

Thumbs Down for Chuck Workman’s Visionaries: Jonas Mekas and the (mostly) American Avant-Garde

In his new documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop, we meet Thierry Guetta, a Frenchman who carries a video camera at all times. Through family connections, Guetta finds himself a witness to the street art scene at its early beginnings.