Andrey Zvyagintsev is a Russian film director who was born in 1964. He has become one of the most important and respected contemporary directors in Russian and international cinema with only five feat...

Author: J. R. Jordan Published: BearManor Media, February 8, 2020 (Revised Edition) Order from Amazon The idea of the director as a film’s author has countless exceptions. Plenty of film writers and c...

I mushed into Sundance for my second year of reviewing for DFR, only to find myself shivering not just with the cold and snow, but also with chills and aches … I was sick at Sundance. Even powers like...

Without fail, in any given year, some friend or fellow film writer will complain about the state of cinema, remarking that it was a lousy year for movies. Maybe I am an optimist (I am not), but I don’...