In Leyla Bouzid’s A Tale of Love and Desire, things get complicated for eighteen-year-old Ahmed (Sami Outabali) when love and desire become intertwined. The …
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Gender and Sexuality
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Yuni is a smart Indonesian coming-of-age story
In Kamila Andini's Yuni, the eponymous teenager tries to figure out who she is amidst growing patriarchal pressures. Kamila Andini’s coming-of-age …
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TIFF Review: The Mad Women’s Ball is a shallow look at ‘female hysteria’
Mélanie Laurent's The Mad Women's Ball suffers in comparison to Alice Winocour's Augustine (2011), which tackles the same story with more psychological …
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Benediction thoughtfully depicts a community of gay men
Benediction may be Terence Davies's gayest film yet: a character study of a WWI poet who keeps trying to reinvent himself and find solace. Jack Lowden was on …
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The Surrogate: Jasmine Batchelor stuns in a smart, thorny exploration of surrogacy
Jasmine Batchelor gives one of the best performances of the year in Jeremy Hersh's The Surrogate, a smart and sensitive drama about a pregnancy surrogate who …
What to see at the 2021 Frameline Film Festival
The 2021 Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco's annual LGBTQ+ film showcase, features Potato Dreams of America, Instruction for Survival, and Dear …
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