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American Honey, Now Playing

Elena Lazic / May 25, 2016

Cannes Review: American Honey discards real emotions for pointless objectification

Though American Honey took home the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, our Cannes correspondent Elena Lazic found it cliched and problematic — a disappointment from the very talented Arnold.

The Invitation, Karyn Kusama

Mary Angela Rowe / April 15, 2016

Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation doesn’t stick the landing

Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation is a variation on the “dinner party from hell” film: is our protagonist paranoid, or are they really out to get him?

No Home Movie

Alex Heeney / March 29, 2016

Chantal Akerman’s final film No Home Movie is a heartbreaking personal essay

Chantal Akerman’s moving cinematic essay is a tribute to her mother, a holocaust survivor, and a subtle exploration of Jewish “suitcase-ready” culture.

Standing Tall

Alex Heeney / March 27, 2016

Standing Tall is a gritty coming-of-ager told through rose-coloured glasses

Emmanuelle Bercot’s sophomore film is the story of Malony (Rod Paradot), a teenager prone to crime, and the justice system which only wants the best for him.

Mustang

Gillie Collins / February 22, 2016

The politics of sisterhood in Mustang

Mustang, Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s directorial debut, charts five sisters’ resistance, as they both grow into and reject a narrow notion of womanhood. But Ergüven privileges perspectives that a Western audience can understand and approve of, making the story too familiar and incomplete.

Things to Come

Elena Lazic / February 13, 2016

Things to Come is a less damning portrait of misfortune than Eden

Berlinale correspondent Elena Lazic examines how Mia Hansen-Løve’s last two films, Eden and L’Avenir (Things to Come), reverse-engineer seemingly cliched stories in order to find the emotional truth and realism buried within them.

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