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Review: ‘Friends and Strangers’ is an artful portrait of awkward Australians

James Vaughan’s directorial debut observes the fumbles of growing into adulthood. “Friends and Strangers” opens this weekend at Metrograph NYC.

Sebastian Zufelt, Staff Writer • February 25, 2022

Apart from “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Australian cinema hasn’t been on the world’s radar since the peak of the Australian New Wave of the 1970s. With his directorial debut,...

Review: ‘Electra, My Love’ embodies the limits of revolution myths

Miklós Jancsó’s revolutionary 1974 reimagining of the ancient Greek myth of Electra is currently playing at Metrograph as part of a retrospective on the Hungarian director.

Katherine Williams, Contributing Writer • January 26, 2022

In 1974, Hungarian director and screenwriter Miklós Jancsó said, “I used to think that humanity could be saved.” But “Electra, My Love,” his film from the same year,...

The Six Years Behind a Tisch Grad’s Debut Film

Over a six-year process, Shevaun Mizrahi crafted a continuing emotional narrative in her debut film.

Guru Ramanathan, Film & TV Editor • October 29, 2018

Over a six-year process, Shevaun Mizrahi crafted a continuing emotional narrative in her debut film.

Meet ‘The Young Karl Marx’

Jessica Xing, Staff Writer • February 28, 2018

“The Young Karl Marx” is a new film following the controversial figure behind "The Communist Manifesto" and Marxism.