Un vrai bonhomme (Man Up!) and Mes jours de gloire are both coming-of-age stories about boys who are ill-equipped to cope with their mental health issues.
Essays
Dating Amber: A charming Irish dramedy about queer teen friendship
In Dating Amber, queer teens Eddie (Fionn O’Shea) and Amber (Lola Petticrew) act as each others’ beards in 1995 Kildare, Ireland.
Doc NYC highlights: Chasing Childhood, Stray, and ‘Til Kingdom Come
These three Doc NYC highlights, which are all directed by women, are worth a watch before the virtual festival closes.
‘The balance was found when we started to cry with each screening’: Sound editor Valérie Deloof on Proxima
Valérie Deloof on editing the sound for Proxima, collaboration in post-production, and creating an immersive soundscape.
‘I’m somewhere between a midwife and a psychoanalyst’: Julien Lacheray on editing Proxima
Julien Lacheray, who has edited all of Alice Winocour’s features, discusses the collaboration between filmmaker and editor, thinking about sound, and Proxima. This is the second article in our Special Issue on Proxima.
Indie Memphis 2020: From Cane Fire to Smooth Talk
Indie Memphis Film Festival 2020 showcased genre films (I Blame Society, Freeland), documentaries (Cane Fire), and restorations (Smooth Talk).