Violet Lucca
BFI
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Violet:
A womb of one’s own: a short history of abortion on film
A tenderly handled subplot in Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire reminds us how rarely the termination of a pregnancy features in cinema, and how such stories tend to turn out. → Read More
Interview: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Hold still: the Japanese filmmaker delves into the uncanny once again, this time on French soil, in Daguerrotype → Read More
Review: Endless Poetry
(Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chile/Japan/France, ABKCo Films, Opens July 14) → Read More
Review: Beatriz at Dinner
(Miguel Arteta, USA, Roadside Attractions, Opens June 9) → Read More
Festivals: Miami 2017
On international waters: this year's festival presented a wide-ranging selection of fiction and documentary films that made difficult subject matter accessible but not glib → Read More
Interview: Eliza Hittman
Summer loving, happened so fast: the director of Beach Rats and It Felt Like Love discusses representing sex and sexuality on screen → Read More
The Assassin
Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s elegant martial arts tale is one the most beautiful films you’ll see all year. → Read More
No Home Movie + Grief
Mothership connection: Chantal Akerman’s eternal return to the love and trauma of the parent-child relationship → Read More
Blue Velvet + Homecoming
I Remember Mama: the what-if alternative version of David Lynch's seminal suburban psychodrama, on its 30th anniversary → Read More
Interview: Anna Rose Holmer, Saela Davis & Lisa Kjerulff
After-school special: the director and co-writers of The Fits talking about getting into rhythm with their sui generis film about young dancers → Read More
The Student Nurses + Exploitation
Chronic condition: on the frustrations of working within any system built for speed → Read More
Jerry Lewis + Work
Personal fortune: parsing the Horatio Alger myths inside the master comedian's films → Read More
Jerry Lewis + Work
Personal fortune: parsing the Horatio Alger myths inside the master comedian's films → Read More
March/April 2016
Apichatpong Weerasethakul interview, pre-Stonewall queer film, Vincent Lindon interview, King Hu, the American voice in film, grosses gloss reloaded, Game Changers: production design, Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some, Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster, Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room → Read More
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie + W.
Open season: the dos and don'ts of long-form political satire → Read More
Hail, Caesar! + Illusions
Who runs the dream factory? Two films that inject fantasy into Hollywood fact → Read More
Interview: Michel Gondry
Two for the road: the DIY director discusses the deeply personal roots of his latest, heartfelt road movie, Microbe & Gasoline → Read More
Interview: Danny Glover
From To Sleep with Anger to Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives to The Narrow Frame of Midnight, the actor-producer sets the record straight on film and history → Read More
Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York
The historic series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center showcases the trails blazed by black filmmakers out of necessity → Read More
Sexy Beast
A user's guide to David Bowie's best (and worst) film roles → Read More