News Summary

• "Smoke and Mirrors" is available via direct subscription or in select stores around the world.
• Four visionaries (Mona Fastvold, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Barbara Hirschfeld, and Kasi Lemmons) reveal how magic and mystery factors into their different films.
• Hollywood consultants behind productions including Sinners and Hugo break down how witchcraft, Hoodoo, and performance magic is represented onscreen.
• And a panel of dynamic filmmakers, programmers, and scholars reflect on how genre cinema can open up valuable explorations of gender, sexuality, and identity.