The selection of the Cannes Film Festival was less exciting this year than it had proved to be in the past, but some wonderful gems stood out. …
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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema: Highlights
Here's a look at some of the best films screening at Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in NYC, including Premiére Année (The Freshman), Keep an Eye Out!, and …
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Three hidden gems at the Glasgow Film Festival
Orla wraps up her time at the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival by spotlighting three of the best films that screened there.Discovering great films at a …
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Debra Granik frames poverty as a systemic failure to empathize
Debra Granik's films — Down to the Bone, Stray Dog, and Leave No Trace — focus on individuals who struggle to navigate an unfriendly social support system in an …
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Haigh and Reichardt are modernizing the western
Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete shares DNA with the films of Kelly Reichardt: both filmmakers deromanticize tired western tropes. This is the fifth feature in our …
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The Tale: Comfortable stories mask uncomfortable truths
In The Tale, the semi-autobiographical narrative debut from Jennifer Fox, the character Jennifer’s process of sifting through and revisiting past memories is …
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