…get minimally trained, poorly equipped, fed propaganda about the benevolence of the French State, and then abandoned as soon as the conflict ends. Les Harkis treats the characters less as…
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Writer-director Amanda Kernell talks Sami Blood
…time, Sweden had created the world’s first State Institute of Race Biology to study the Samis whom they considered “short-headed” (Aryans are “long-headed”). Their “so-called research into phrenology inspired the…
Bright Young Things: Josh O’Connor is ready to be vulnerable
…build a rapport with other actors on set. “Interestingly, a lot of the boys in that film hadn’t done much theatre, and I had done some. When you’re a lead…
TIFF19: An interview with the creative team behind the film Rocks
…and see a girl’s life, and the reason she changes was because some boy walked into their life. But we didn’t want to make it about their reactions to boys…
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is about more than sex
…boys. Despite being a smart woman, Charlotte depends on men desiring her for her self-worth. It’s why Minnie spends much of the film wondering if any men love her. Minnie…
Coming-of-age in Ontario is messy in Sleeping Giant
…tension, and there’s a real sense of foreboding: The boys are too young to really understand the implications of their daredevil games. Cividino creates some glorious montages of the landscapes…