The first feature from photographer Richard Billingham is a moving yet unsentimental portrait of a life in fragments, as empathetic as it is brutal. …
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The first feature from photographer Richard Billingham is a moving yet unsentimental portrait of a life in fragments, as empathetic as it is brutal. …
[Read more...] about Review: the sober recollections of Richard Billingham’s Ray & Liz
Four short reviews from Fantasia Fest, the biggest genre film festival in North America. …
In Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei's horror film Cam — which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal — the villain isn't sex work, but a camgirl's …
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Montreal is currently hosting Fantasia, the largest and longest running genre cinema festival in North America. Elena Lazic highlights some films to keep an eye …
First Stripes reveals how training designed to equalize recruits ends up reproducing a conservative set of norms. …
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Premiering in the Generation section at the Berlinale, the Kenyan film Supa Modo from Likarion Wainaina was one of the very best at the festival, and deserves …
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With our weeklong 50% off membership offer, now is the best time to gain access to all of 7R's exciting member exclusives. …
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In The Tale, the semi-autobiographical narrative debut from Jennifer Fox, the character Jennifer’s process of sifting through and revisiting past memories is …
[Read more...] about The Tale: Comfortable stories mask uncomfortable truths
David Robert Mitchell might think his Under the Silver Lake is a critique of misogynistic, pop culture obsessed men — but he ends up validating their worldview. …
[Read more...] about David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake — Tit Follows
Saul Dibb’s adaptation of the acclaimed play sees the source material through a modern lens and makes use of the intimacy unique to the cinematic form. …
[Read more...] about Journey’s End is a thoughtful, modern screen adaptation