In this interview, South African auteur Oliver Hermanus discusses his 1981-set film, Moffie, about how the army indoctrinated conscripted boys with white supremacy and homophobia. Moffie is now available on…
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TIFF 23 Film Review: A Happy Day
…apt metaphor for how the boys are ultimately alone, facing a system and a landscape that will chew them up and spit them out like bugs. The boys live in…
Quick thoughts from Sundance: The Mission is an empathetic look at missionary work
…was reminded of Boys State (2020), another Sundance doc that made me horrified at how certain conservative communities in America are shaping the minds of the younger generation. While Boys…
Are boys OK? Un vrai bonhomme and Mes jours de gloire at Cinemania
Un vrai bonhomme (Man Up!) and Mes jours de gloire are both coming-of-age stories about boys who are ill-equipped to cope with their mental health issues. Stills from Un vrai…
Director Francis Lee and stars Josh O’Connor and Alec Secareanu on making God’s Own Country
…was really lucky. I cast both boys about three months before the actual rehearsals started. The way I like to work and the way in which the boys wanted to…
‘Creating characters that have inner lives’: Philippe Lesage on Genèse
…days in an all-boys school for the film. They still exist, but they’re slowly disappearing. I went to an all-boys school. When I see my former classmates, they seem to…