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“It is about moments of connecting and not connecting”: Kelly Reichardt on Certain Women

The old pioneer ethics of fortitude and hard work drive the trio of contemporary tales that make up Reichardt’s Montana-set Certain Women, a film that’s sharply attuned to life on the margins as it outlines its characters’ determined efforts to forge a connection. From our March 2017 issue.

By So Mayer

“It is about moments of connecting and not connecting”: Kelly Reichardt on Certain Women
Reviews

Rose Plays Julie is a mythic thriller about women and violence

By So Mayer

Rose Plays Julie is a mythic thriller about women and violence
Features

Ten films to watch out for in 2020

By Isabel Stevens, Kaleem Aftab and others

Ten films to watch out for in 2020
Videos

Not in Kansas anymore: Warwick Thornton on Samson & Delilah

By Nick Bradshaw and So Mayer

Not in Kansas anymore: Warwick Thornton on Samson & Delilah
Features

‘My Best Girlfriend’: Queer Dietrich, on screen and off

By So Mayer

‘My Best Girlfriend’: Queer Dietrich, on screen and off
Where to begin

Where to begin with Sally Potter

By So Mayer

Where to begin with Sally Potter
Lists

Forgotten treasures of the multiplex

By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others

Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
Polls

The best film books, by 51 critics

By Geoff Andrew, Michael Atkinson and others

The best film books, by 51 critics
Reviews

Frances Ha review

By So Mayer

Frances Ha review
Polls

The best TV series of 2019

By James Bell, Isabel Stevens and others

The best TV series of 2019
Polls

An A-Z of the 2010s in film

By Nick Bradshaw, Pamela Hutchinson and others

An A-Z of the 2010s in film
Interviews

The tracks of time: Sarah Turner on Perestroika, her Siberian train travelogue to the end of the world

By So Mayer

The tracks of time: Sarah Turner on Perestroika, her Siberian train travelogue to the end of the world
Interviews

Watching the watchers: how Cameraperson enriches the act of filming

By So Mayer

Watching the watchers: how Cameraperson enriches the act of filming
Features

Generation snowflake: Frozen II and the quest for climate justice

By So Mayer

Generation snowflake: Frozen II and the quest for climate justice
Polls

The web video of 2012: contributors m

By So Mayer, Gaia Meucci and others

The web video of 2012: contributors m
Features

Merata: the Maori film legend and her legacy

By So Mayer

Merata: the Maori film legend and her legacy
Features

Disconnect my skin: The Great Hack visualises surveillance capitalism

By So Mayer

Disconnect my skin: The Great Hack visualises surveillance capitalism

TV we can believe in: hope, growth and change in The Good Place and Steven Universe

By So Mayer

TV we can believe in: hope, growth and change in The Good Place and Steven Universe
Polls

Critics’ 50 Greatest Documentaries of All Time

By Nick James, Brian Winston and others

Critics’ 50 Greatest Documentaries of All Time
Features

Barbara Hammer obituary: an experimental pioneer who put lesbian life on screen

By So Mayer

Barbara Hammer obituary: an experimental pioneer who put lesbian life on screen
Features

Seven facets of Agnès Varda

By Ginette Vincendeau, Catherine Wheatley and others

Seven facets of Agnès Varda
Features

Agnès Varda obituary: a luminous art of an illuminated life

By So Mayer

Agnès Varda obituary: a luminous art of an illuminated life
Features

What goes around: Margarethe von Trotta’s history plays

By So Mayer

What goes around: Margarethe von Trotta’s history plays
Lists

15 rare times when a director made great films in 5 or more different decades

By Alex Barrett, Martyn Conterio and others

15 rare times when a director made great films in 5 or more different decades
Features

Impressions of Agnès: Varda impresses London

By So Mayer

Impressions of Agnès: Varda impresses London

Cleverman: an Aboriginal sci-fi TV drama that delivers a thrilling cry for solidarity

By So Mayer

Cleverman: an Aboriginal sci-fi TV drama that delivers a thrilling cry for solidarity
Features

A pantheon of one’s own: 25 female film critics worth celebrating

By Anne Billson, Mark Cousins and others

A pantheon of one’s own: 25 female film critics worth celebrating
Features

Maria Saakyan obituary: young visionary who reinvigorated Armenian cinema

By So Mayer

Maria Saakyan obituary: young visionary who reinvigorated Armenian cinema
Features

Wander women: vital films about women on the move

By So Mayer

Wander women: vital films about women on the move
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