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Chie Hayakawa's Plan 75 is a plea for empathy amidst broken systems that leave the most vulnerable and elderly. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard …
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On today's episode, we look back on the career of one of our favourite filmmakers, Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Certain Women), and ask why it's taken until her …
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We kick off our #WomenAtCannes podcast season with an episode on the history of women at Cannes. We examine how Cannes works and uncover a number of surprising …
[Read more...] about Women at Cannes Ep. 1: A podcast on the history of women directors at Cannes
Daniel Roher's documentary Navalny is an entertaining and thrilling film about the Russian politician who challenged Putin and paid the price. The film Navalny …
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All we know so far about Kelly Reichardt's upcoming eighth feature, Showing Up, which stars Michelle Williams.We wrote the first non-academic book about Kelly …
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On this episode, we'll discuss the ways films have responded to the pandemic and dig into why it's detrimental that the movies are ignoring COVID as a crucial …
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