In this essay, we discuss exile in two Joachim Trier films: Oslo, August 31st’s clear cut, fatalistic story of exile, and how that sense of estrangement in Louder than Bombs is much more complex and optimistic.
Sundance Review: CODA is a crowdpleaser with nuanced ideas about disability
Siân Heder’s crowd-pleaser, CODA, is a film that, in any other year, would have the Eccles Theatre on its feet with rapturous applause.
Reviews: The Hidden Life of Trees and The Loneliest Whale
Two straightforward nature docs drop you into worlds unseen: travel to forests around the world in The Hidden Life of Trees and underwater in the Pacific Ocean in The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52.
Une jeune fille qui va bien (A Radiant Girl) finds a new angle on life under fascism
Sandrine Kiberlain’s feature debut, Une jeune fille qui va bien (A Radiant Girl), is the story of an aspiring Parisian actress living under the Nazi occupation.
Fathom: a documentary about humpback whales’ songs
Drew Xanthopoulos’s documentary Fathom follows two marine ecologists studying humpback whale songs on their month-long field research.
Highlights of the 2021 InsideOut Film Festival
The 2021 InsideOut Film Festival featured some of the best LGBTQ+ films of the year, with highlights including A Sexplanation and Beyto.