Debra Granik's film uses the unusual story of a father and daughter living in the woods to tell the classic coming-of-age narrative of parent-child separation. …
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Agnès Varda’s Faces Places re-sensitizes us to the internet
In her new documentary, Faces Places, French New Wave director Agnès Varda interrogates the boundary between the internet and real life — an interest that is …
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Review: I, Daniel Blake is a declaration of personhood
Ken Loach's Palme D'Or Winner I, Daniel Blake is a bracing call-to-action against bureaucratic failures to treat citizens like people. But it falters by giving …
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Review: A Quiet Passion charts Emily Dickinson’s subtle rebellion
In A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies’ new biopic, Emily Dickinson, the famously reclusive poet, comes to life as an understated renegade, who deserts …
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From stage to screen: Director Rosemary Myers on her new film Girl Asleep
Gillie Collins talked to director Rosemary Myers about adapting her Windmill theatre play Girl Asleep for the film. Collins also explores the many exaggerated, …
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Writer-Director Jenni Olson on her film essay, The Royal Road
Gillie Collins talks to Jenni Olson about her 16mm film essay, The Royal Road, a meandering story about unrequited love told through the linear progression of …
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Julie Delpy talks colour and comedy in Lolo
Writer-Director-Actress Julie Delpy discusses her consummately entertaining new movie, Lolo, which is chock full of the same joie de vivre Delpy channels in …
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Fatima is a tender look at making a home in a new land
Fatima meditates on language barriers and what it takes to become French.To access this post, you must purchase 7-Day Free Trial Membership, Become a member …
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The politics of sisterhood in Mustang
Mustang, Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s directorial debut, charts five sisters' resistance, as they both grow into and reject a narrow notion of womanhood. But Ergüven …
Landscape and limbo in Fish Tank
In Fish Tank, physical boundaries stand for social boundaries — the constraints imposed by gender and class and the walls we build for self-protectionTo access …