Features
The editorial hub for cinephiles. Features presents articles, interviews, and reviews for independent films, international titles, documentaries, and classics.
INTERVIEW: Shane Brady on “Breathing Happy”
BREATHING HAPPY writer-director-star spoke with Keyframe about the unusual way he financed his trippy Christmastime addiction drama, how he draws on intense physical trauma from his youth in creating Dylan’s story, and happy accidents.
INTERVIEW: Joseph Sackett on “Homebody”
Now streaming exclusively on Fandor, the genderqueer body-swap comedy HOMEBODY is the debut feature from writer-director Joseph Sackett, who took inspiration from his own childhood fantasies, applying a personal touch that is at once tenderly observant of its young protagonist’s imaginative landscape and alert to all the manic possibilities suggested by the premise.
Curator’s Pick: “Our Day Will Come”
Critics did not exactly shower writer-director Romain Gavras with love when Our Day Will Come (2010, originally Notre Jour Viendra) was released. “This is a …
“Kaili Blues” and the Art of the “One-er”
Who doesn’t love a stunning one-take wonder? The unedited (or perhaps cleverly seeming so) single moving shot that can instill dynamism, elegance, and intrigue into …
Fandor Exclusive: “Sell/Buy/Date”
What’s that adage about when life gives you lemons? Sarah Jones offers a fresh-squeezed case study. The playwright, actress and poet launched her career out …
DOC NYC 2022: Surrealist Pop, Folk Tragedy & BBQ
When talk turns to films, festivals and Noo Yawk, the obvious tentpoles are the New York Film Festival in the fall and Tribeca in late …
Re-Entering the “House of Psychotic Women”
There’s an unofficial shortlist of essential film-critic compendiums represented on my bookshelves. Whether collections of essays, histories, or even intensively annotated catalogs, they read like …
INTERVIEW: Barry Gifford on “Roy’s World”
One of the most prolific and wide-ranging American writers—with more than 40 works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and screenwriting to his name—Barry Gifford is most …
What, Me Worry (About Horror)?
Do you want to see something REALLY scary? It’s the question of the month. And the answer is yes—emphatically yes. But what terrifies you might not faze me at all…
9 Fandor Frights
From J-Horror classics like “Dark Water” to cult indie freakouts like “The Oregonian” and “Uncle Peckerhead,” check out what’s lurking in Fandor’s shadows this spooky season.