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A collage of stills from Final Girls Berlin 2021 films. The text on the image reads 'Final Girls Berlin Film Fest'.

Lindsay Pugh / February 23, 2021

Highlights from the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021

Lindsay Pugh runs down the best of Final Girls Berlin 2021, from Your Monster to Time of Moulting to The Returned. While I wouldn’t exactly call myself a …

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A young man and woman smile at someone off camera in this still from Aristocrats. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 22, 2021

IFFR Review: Aristocrats compares two women’s freedom in class-conscious Tokyo

Yukiko Sode’s Aristocrats, which world premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR), follows two Tokyo women of different social classes who …

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A young woman sits on a boat in this still from CODA. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Alex Heeney / February 14, 2021

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. Check out all our …

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A young woman in a red bathing suit sits in an inflatable raft in a pool in this still from Pleasure. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 10, 2021

Sundance Review: Navigating consent in Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure

Ninja Thyberg's LA porn drama, Pleasure, is an authentic, scathing look at an industry with little regard for boundaries or consent. Check out all our Sundance …

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A still of a man and a woman looking at each other in Together Together, directed by Nikole Beckwith. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / February 9, 2021

Sundance Review: Together Together feels both fresh and familiar

Nikole Beckwith's surrogacy drama, Together Together, starring Patti Harrison and Ed Helms, is sweetly subversive if a little thin. Check out all our Sundance …

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A still from Try Harder, of a group of students taking an exam. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / January 30, 2021

Sundance Review: San Francisco students stress over college applications in Try Harder!

Debbie Lum's documentary Try Harder! follows students at Lowell, a high-achieving SF high school with a predominantly Asian student body. Check out all our …

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