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Author Archives: Steve Macfarlane
Steve Macfarlane is a writer and filmmaker from Seattle, Washington. A programmer at Spectacle in Williamsburg, his writing has appeared in Cinema Scope, The White Review, Filmmaker Magazine, and the Brooklyn Rail, among others.
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For New York’s Movie Theaters, Reopening Won’t Be a Return to Business as Usual
Hyperallergic speaks to workers at Film Forum, the Quad, Anthology Film Archives, and more about the impact of the yearlong lockdown.
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“I Couldn’t Avoid the ’60s”: Diane Kurys on Her Early Filmmaking in France
From capturing teenage innocence to 1968, Kurys’s slice-of-life movies are sparkling and big-hearted, but not without a caustic side.
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“I’m Disillusioned All the Time”: William Klein on His Legendary Film Career
On the occasion of his retrospective at Quad Cinema, Klein talks about his movies, becoming a Parisian, and fascism in the US.
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The Creativity of Pre-Digital Animation in the 1970s and ’80s
A program of experimental American animation at the Quad is a gift, and a riotous romp through a pre-digital creative movement.
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Yvonne Rainer on How Filmmaking Gave Her Language
The dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker looks back on her career in light of her film retrospective starting at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
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The Animations and Improvisations of a Trailblazing Nigerien Filmmaker
The Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective of the works of Moustapha Alassane is every bit the breakthrough it appears to be.