Living your own (K-)drama: He Shuming on Ajoomma
In Korean, the word “ajoomma” is used to refer to a middle-aged married woman and can loosely be translated as “madam” or “Auntie.” It also…
Category: Drama
Virginie Efira on Paul Verhoeven’s ‘Benedetta’
Belgian actress Virginie Efira plays Benedetta Carlini, a 17th century nun entangled in a taboo, lesbian love affair in Paul Verhoeven's eponymous fil…
Alex Hassell on Joel Coen’s ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’
Alex Hassell’s resumé is admirable. With so many performances to discuss, we settle on Joel Coen’s 'Tragedy of Macbeth', where he plays alongside…
Amber Sealey On Her New Film, ‘No Man Of God’
Nearly everyone, unfortunately, has heard of Ted Bundy before. Let’s hope director Amber Sealey’s 'No Man Of God' is the last Ted Bundy film. Eve…
Filmmakers Stacey Maltin and Margarita Zhitnikova on ‘Triple Threat’
Stacey Maltin and Margarita Zhitnikova, the founders of New York-based production company Besties Make Movies, present their first feature film, Tripl…
FRONTRUNNER Meets Filmmaker Eliza Hittman
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always is Eliza Hittman’s third feature film, telling the story of a teenage girl forced to travel from rural Pennsylvania…
A Q&A with BURDEN Director Andrew Heckler
Facts transmit their own kind of alchemy to a story. A writer easily could have invented the plot of Andrew Heckler’s debut film BURDEN, but we’d …
Faith Soloway: The FRONTRUNNER Interview
A FRONTRUNNER Exclusive: Jameson Rich interviews Faith Soloway on 'Transparent', Jewish influences, the use of humor when tackling serious issues, and…
“Come Healing of the Body, Come Healing of the Mind”: Review of ‘The Farewell’
It takes a daring director to envisage a charming tale of little white lies, but Lulu Wang’s morally ambiguous and emotionally justifiable dramedy, …
Down the Rabbit Hole: ‘Alice’ at SXSW
SXSW Grand Prize Winner 'Alice' tells the story of a woman who goes down the rabbit hole when she is abandoned and betrayed by her husband.
