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Gender and Sexuality

Explore depictions of masculinity, femininity, and sexual identity.

Alex Heeney / February 23, 2021

Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern explores power dynamics

Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern explores power dynamics, in the lead up to and aftermath of a sexual assault, and how a couple copes. Test Pattern is …

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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 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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Stills of Matt Dillon and Lars Eidinger in Proxima side by side.

Alex Heeney / January 23, 2021

FYC: Matt Dillon’s and Lars Eidinger’s complex portraits of men in Proxima

In Proxima, Matt Dillon and Lars Eidinger play the rare male characters who are flawed, privileged, and yet still empathetic. Read more about …

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