Ashley McKenzie's 2016 film Werewolf was one of the most exciting directorial debuts of the 2010s. As McKenzie finishes her second feature during lockdown, …
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Sanja Zivkovic on Easy Land, immigration, and mental illness
Sanja Zivkovic on the tricky business of depicting mental illness on screen, how she directed her two talented lead actresses, and crafting the aesthetics of …
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The Assistant: Kitty Green on making an office sound sinister
Kitty Green discusses crafting the sound design of The Assistant by recording office sounds and using them to create tension and discomfort. The Assistant: …
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BFI Flare 2020 highlights: Disclosure and more trans stories
BFI Flare 2020 took place entirely online. Orla Smith highlights Dungarees (dir. Abel Rubinstein) and Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen (dir. Sam Feder) as the …
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Modern westerns: Andrew Haigh and Kelly Reichardt are deromanticizing the west
Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete shares DNA with Kelly Reichardt's westerns (e.g. Wendy and Lucy): both filmmakers are making modern westerns that deromanticize …
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Feel Good is a TV rom-com that skips the honeymoon stage
Mae Martin's Feel Good is a rom-com about addiction and queer identity that’s more interested in staying together than it is in the honeymoon phase. Feel …
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