FILMS IN FRAME

Last two days to apply to Pustnik Screenwriters Residency! ✍️ Eight writers will be invited to develop their screenplays this September in rural Romania, miles from distraction. Applications and attendance are free. More details on pustnik.com/apply

Before the 38th #EuropeanFilmAwards, the legendary Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann spoke with us about her relationship with Ingmar Bergman, her long-standing humanitarian work, the importance of art in an increasingly crazy world, and more: filmsinframe.com/en/interviews/… 📷: Jenny Bewer

Béla Tarr has sadly passed away at the age of 70. 🖤 Two years ago, the legendary director spoke with us about what it takes to be brave as a filmmaker, his skeptical view on the belief that cinema can still change the world, and more. Read the interview: filmsinframe.com/en/interviews/…

From the weepy 'Hamnet' to the delightful retrospective of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, who mix influences from David Lynch, giallo films, and BDSM, Andrei Șendrea writes about what impressed him and what is worth watching further. filmsinframe.com/en/festival-fo…

Udo Kier (1944–2025).

On Emma Stone’s birthday, we take a look at how the beloved actress takes on a “new skin” in each of Yorgos Lanthimos’s provocative films – foreign bodies, bizarre rules, images that leave you anything but indifferent: filmsinframe.com/en/editorial/e…

Diane Keaton gave grace and hope to an age Hollywood too often ignores. With these three memorable roles, the late actress took romance out of the cliché, making it more credible and authentic: filmsinframe.com/en/features/di…

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)

Before arriving at the helm of 'Dune', director Denis Villeneuve, who turns 58 today, expanded his ambitions over the years by directing highly varied films, from 1998's Godardian 'August 32nd on Earth' to the Oscar-winning sci-fi drama 'Arrival': filmsinframe.com/en/features/to…

This week, Radu Jude made his entry into the field of gallery-based work with 'Sleep #2', which is presented as a video installation at the The Film Gallery in Paris through October 4: filmsinframe.com/en/features/sl…

Dacă Robert Redford s-a străduit vreme de 20 de ani să arate că în spatele imaginii de băiat frumos se ascundea un actor redutabil, Gene Hackman și-a acceptat imediat eticheta de „everyman” – regizorul Andrei Crețulescu aduce un omagiu celor două legende: filmsinframe.com/ro/features/in…

Even if you're clueless about Chinese or HK cinema, or martial arts films in general, you probably know who Jackie Chan is. @notjudygarland1, who attended the action movie polymath's masterclass at @FilmFestLocarno, pens a portrait of the ultimate icon: filmsinframe.com/en/festival-fo…

Poet Deniz Otay pens an essay on personal archives and the truth they contain, drawing inspiration from the documentary 'The Super 8 Years' and the writings of Nobel Prize for Literature winner Annie Ernaux, who turns 85 today: filmsinframe.com/en/features/in…

Radu Jude's 'Dracula', which just premiered at @FilmFestLocarno, is the kind of film that could make Murnau himself throw a fit from beyond the grave. If it feels like revenge, it's also a grand exorcism. Cinema is pretty much having a hard-on! Our review: filmsinframe.com/en/festival-fo…

‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Sean Byrne’s film is pure nostalgia - for a type of popular cinema, for a bit of innocent action flowing effortlessly across the screen. Too bad that the promise of this summery throwback stumbles in the clumsy mise-en-scène: filmsinframe.com/en/film-review…

At this year's FIDMarseille, a bazaar of images free of trademarks or auteurist vanities, money and prestige gave way to things fundamental to cinema. Film critic Victor Morozov returns with some travel impressions and notes on the films he loved: filmsinframe.com/en/festival-fo…

@KVIFF @notjudygarland1 Nadav Lapid: "I think it was Godard who once said that Israelis are a film of fiction, and Palestinians are documentaries. " Read the interview: filmsinframe.com/en/interviews/…

During @KVIFF, 'Yes' director Nadav Lapid spoke to @notjudygarland1 about his latest feature, set and filmed in Israel after October 7, an insider's critique that viscerally condemns his homeland's blindness towards its regime and acts of oppression: filmsinframe.com/en/interviews/…

Happy birthday to Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who turns 70 today! Last year, the Japanese director chatted with @notjudygarland1 about his chiller 'Chime', the profound belief in the power of sound over image, his erudite love for cinema and Hitchcock, and more: filmsinframe.com/en/interviews/…