…the beautiful boys in Richard II’s harem — in Rupert Goold’s Richard II. It’s a part that, most of the time, would go unnoticed, even though he’s key to the…
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Our hopes for the Best International Feature Oscar shortlist
…that it’s very much a “film of the moment”. Still, it’s certainly a statement for the jury to award top honours to a film that begins with an extended unsimilated…
The best films of Sundance 2022
…Israeli-Palestinian relations, Tantura is actually a wonderful film about state-sponsored cultural amnesia and how we deal (or don’t) with the atrocities upon which our countries were built. It’s a film…
Continental Drift (South) is a biting satire and family drama
…but feels even more urgent in its wake. An unofficial state visit Nathalie at the refugee facility in Lionel Baier’s Cannes film Continental Drift (South), which premiered at the Director’s…
Cannes: Marie Kreutzer’s film Corsage finds the Empress in an existential crisis
…decides to give him the older paintings of her to copy from, instead. Empress Elisabeth (centre, veiled, played by Vicky Krieps) attends a formal state dinner in misery in Marie…
Unruly Film Review: women battle patriarchy and eugenics in 1930s Denmark
…that her rebellion is only seen as proof of her “troubled mental state”. Soon, she discovers that most of the women at Sprøgo have been there for years. Immediately, she…