…Boys State and First Stripes. Left: Boys State Protagonist René Otero; Right: Two recruits participate in a military drill in First Stripes Both films featured on the podcast, First Stripes…
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Berlinale Review: Brother’s Keeper undresses a boarding school’s institutional failings
…that is inherent to pre-teen boys is not tolerated: in the opening scene, a group of boys playfight as they shower, and they’re caught in the act by a teacher,…
Young Plato Review: great teaching means more than just academics
…future. Along the way, McArevey congratulates the boys on their thinking. He always looks at incidents as one-time events rather than a commentary on the boys’ characters. He helps correct…
Jessica Forever interview: ‘In video games, it’s more about what you do in between the shootouts.’
…really wanted someone who could be, for us and for the boys in the film, like a fairy. We had to believe in it as much as the boys did….
Shoeshine and The Lavendar Hill Mob in 4K
…themselves incarcerated in a harsh system that pits boys against each other and discourages empathy. A bond severed in de Sica’s Shoeshine As soon as the boys enter the juvenile…
Alexandra Therese-Keining talks Girls Lost and gender performance
…trio of fourteen-year-old girls — Kim, Momo, and Bella — who face constant, sexualized bullying by the boys at their school. They idly wish they were boys, thinking this would…