Babyteeth is a quirky, surprising, and ultimately very moving film about teenage terminal illness that is less a wistful tearjerker than it is a coming-of-age …
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Directed by Women
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Mirrah Foulkes’s revisionist Judy and Punch
In Judy and Punch, Mirrah Foulkes wrangles with the legacy of a beloved British cultural institution, offering a revisionist, feminist take on the origins of …
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Werewolf (2016) is a film about getting clean as a couple
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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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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Ebook preview: Céline Sciamma’s 10 best scenes
From Water Lilies to Portrait of a Lady on Fire, we analyse 10 of Céline Sciamma's best scenes, revealing what makes her a master. This is an excerpt from our …
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Review: Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow and dreamers thwarted by capitalism
Kelly Reichardt’s latest film about the myth of the American West, First Cow, follows two men searching for a better life elsewhere that’s always just slightly …
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