In Daughter of a Lost Bird, Brooke Swaney sensitively documents an Indigenous woman reconnecting with her birth mother and coming to terms with how colonial violence has shaped her life.
Essays
Seventh Row’s fifty screen stars of tomorrow
Seventh Row’s editors pick the fifty most exciting emerging actors working today, from Paapa Essiedu to Josefine Frida.
A virtual 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival
The 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival went virtual and featured highlights such as the Dry, Skies of Lebanon, and In the Same Breath.
The Third Wife Review: A beautiful and bleak portrayal of patriarchy
Ash Mayfair’s The Third Wife tells the story of a teenage girl whose family marries her off in nineteenth-century Vietnam.
The elegance and awkwardness of Théodore Pellerin
Rising star Théodore Pellerin (Genèse, Never Rarely Sometimes Always) has the charisma of a leading man and the energy of a scene-stealing character actor. He discusses his career so far.
Review: Maxine Peake shines in Fanny Lye Deliver’d (The Delivered)
Maxine Peake leads Thomas Clay’s refreshing genre film, Fanny Lye Deliver’d (The Delivered in the US), about a woman’s emancipation.