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Alex Heeney / July 29, 2022

Fantasia Review: Just Remembering tells a romance in reverse

Japanese writer-director Daigo Matsui’s Just Remembering is a romance told in reverse order that not only acknowledges COVID but incorporates some sense of how …

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Alex Heeney / July 27, 2022

Fantasia Review: Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons

The first animated feature out of Portugal, Nuno Beato's My Grandfather's Demons, uses digital and stop-motion animation to tell a story of intergenerational …

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Alex Heeney / June 17, 2022

Quick Thoughts: Violeta Salama’s sensitive Alegría at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

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 …

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Lindsay Pugh / June 9, 2022

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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Seventh Row Editors / June 8, 2022

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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Brett Pardy / June 7, 2022

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 …

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