Violeta Salama’s warm and sensitive feature debut, Alegría, is exactly the kind of film you look for at a Jewish Film Festival: a travelogue and a story of …
Film Festivals
Cannes Film Review: Manuela Martelli’s 1976 ratchets up the tension
Manuela Martelli's feature debut, Chile 1976, explores one woman's struggle with misogyny and corruption under Pinochet. The film 1976 screened in the …
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Women at Cannes Ep. 5: Women at Cannes 2022
On today's episode, we look back at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival: both its many institutional failings when it comes to encouraging and promoting diversity and …
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Cannes Review: Naomi Kawase’s Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
Naomi Kawase's Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A avoids the usual tropes and cliches of sports films, focusing instead on how the athletes …
Women at Cannes Ep. 4: Naomi Kawase at Cannes
On today's episode of the podcast, we discuss Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase who has been programmed at the Cannes Film Festival more than almost any other …
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Cannes: Marie Kreutzer’s film Corsage finds the Empress in an existential crisis
Marie Kreutzer's film Corsage, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival, reframes the story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria …