…and cinematography (by Christopher Lew) mirror Tito’s discomfort and help the audience understand and empathize with his emotional state. In one scene, a starving Tito summons the courage for grocery…
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Frederick Wiseman on his new film National Gallery
…his films takes a behind-the-scenes look at a different institution, whether a university, a hospital, the state legislature, or the Paris Ballet. There are no talking heads in Wiseman’s documentaries;…
Cannes Director’s Fortnight reviews
…friends and siblings and before long, his sweetheart, the beautiful blonde Esther (Lou Roy-Lecollinet), who is still in high school. Esther is the object of every boy’s affection, and she…
Celebrate women directors at Cannes 2022
…directors who have screened in competition (or are screening this year), as well as the festival’s problematic (if very slowly improving) history of being a boys’ club. Subscribe now Listen…
Falcon Lake explores the threshold between childhood and adolescence
…with Bastien. One minute, she teases him with a glimpse of her breasts, and the next, disappears to hang out with other boys. But she’s a girl in conflict. Bastien…
E132: Sarah Polley’s Women Talking
…is a fictional reimagining with an alternate ending. Almost every woman and girl in a small Mennonite community has been raped in their sleep by men or boys in the…