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Cleo Cacoulidis
in issue 59
Onward and Inward: On the 2007 Thessaloniki International Film Festival — "Each work limns a moral dilemma that has no discernible answer."
in issue 49
Capturing Chaos: On the 2005 Human Rights Watch Film Festival
These docs and features show a world of upheaval — and, occasionally, hope
in issue 47
Talking to Hirokazu Kore-eda: On Maborosi, Nobody Knows, and Other Pleasures — "I simply want to look at people as they are."
in issue 44
"Too Busy Making Work": Honoring Michael Snow at the 44th Thessaloniki Film Festival — Painter, photographer, sculptor, composer, musician — and here, seminal experimental filmmaker
in issue 35
Uncertainty and Change: The 42nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2001 — The fest’s focus on New Argentine cinema is especially timely in light of the country’s dire economic situation
in issue 32
Yugoslavia in Focus: Observations From the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival — Archival footage, dramatizations, and dark satire capture the dire end-of-century events in the former Yugoslavia
in issue 31
Russian Cinema After Perestroika: Notes from Thessaloniki International Film Festival — A heady tour of recent Russian cinema from one of Europe’s oldest festivals
