In Sublet, a New York Times travel writer visiting Tel Aviv strikes up a friendship with a younger gay man whose apartment he's subletting. Read more BFI Flare …
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BFI Flare Review: Boy Meets Boy is like Weekend for a younger generation
In Daniel Sánchez López’s Boy Meets Boy, two gay men at a crossroads spend a summer day in Berlin together.The premise of Daniel Sánchez López’s Boy Meets Boy …
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Berlinale Review: A girl wakes up to misogyny inSummer Blur
Han Shuai's feature debut, Summer Blur, follows thirteen-year-old Guo in a hot summer in Wuhan where everyone seems to be exploiting women. Read the rest of our …
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Berlinale Review: I’m Your Man — Are mirrors the perfect lovers?
In Maria Schrader's Berlinale film I'm Your Man, a cuneiform researcher is torn between her ethics and the appeal of a robot lover who meets all her needs.Check …
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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 now …
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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 staunch …
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