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Gender and Sexuality

Explore depictions of masculinity, femininity, and sexual identity.

Alex Heeney / May 23, 2022

Cannes Review: Céline Devaux’s Everybody Loves Jeanne is a delightful anti-rom-com

Céline Devaux's feature debut, Everybody Loves Jeanne, is wild, hilarious, sweet, and chaotic: a delightful anti-rom-com. It screened in the Cannes sidebar …

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Alex Heeney / April 15, 2022

Mutzenbacher and Man Caves explore men’s views on sex and love

In both Mutzenbacher and Man Cave — both documentary films which screened at Visions du Réel — women directors interview a slew of men about their thoughts on …

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In a still from Girl Picture, one teenage girl leans on her friend as both look in the mirror. Next to this still is a purple block featuring white text that reads, 'Quick thougts,' above a cartoon drawing of a pen drawing a line on a page.

Orla Smith / January 24, 2022

Quick thoughts from Sundance: Girl Picture is a World Dramatic highlight

Alli Haapasalo's Girl Picture is a delightful Finnish coming-of-ager which takes teenage girls, their sexuality, and their trauma seriously. Read all our …

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A still from Fresh, in which a young woman and an older man sit together at a damily lit bar. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / January 23, 2022

Fresh Review: A blunt, entertaining horror film about dating

An excellent Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in Fresh, a horror film about a woman plunged into a terrifying situation after dating a charming older stranger. Read …

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Alex Heeney / January 23, 2022

Happening looks at the culture of shame around abortion

Audrey Diwan's Happening follows a young woman's journey in the 1960s to even find a backstreet abortionist amidst a culture of shame and silence. After …

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Lindsay Pugh / January 6, 2022

The Lost Daughter is a skillful adaptation by Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut skillfully adapts Elena Ferrante's The Lost Daughter, the story of a middle-aged woman who shouldn't have had kids and is …

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