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Search Results for: boys state

Alex Heeney / June 5, 2017

Doubles and disguises reign in Desdemona Chiang’s excellent As You Like It at CalShakes

…overcoat he’s wearing. It’s a smart move for a play full of doubles — two dukes, two fools, two cousins, and two sons of Sir Rowland De Boys — in…

Chloé Zhao, The Rider

Elena Lazic / April 27, 2018

Interview: Chloé Zhao on The Rider, her feminist film about masculinity

…and male filmmakers — are doing that, but I find my calling more in portraying male characters through a female gaze. [clickToTweet tweet=”‘I want to tell our boys that it’s…

Close-Knit

Elena Lazic / April 11, 2017

Review: Close-Knit marks an important milestone for Japanese LGBTQ cinema

…of idyllic peace are never tinged with a melancholy sense that they could never last, like such happy moments so often are in films about LGBTQ characters (think Boys Don’t…

Fien Troch, Home, AFI Fest 2016, Must-See AFI

Alex Heeney / October 5, 2016

Best of TIFF16: Fien Troch’s Home

…but unmoored. He’s made enough mistakes to be cautious, but that doesn’t stop him from having sex with his cousin’s girlfriend. When the three boys get involved in a mess,…

Closet Monster, Stephen Dunn

Alex Heeney / September 23, 2016

Director Stephen Dunn talks Closet Monster and internalized homophobia

…two boys sharing a kiss, as magical realism?  How did you think about mixing the very heightened imagery with the much more grounded, modest imagery? Stephen Dunn: In that scene,…

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Laura Anne Harris / May 2, 2016

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You delves into the life of the renegade 70s television producer

…1930s. But filtering Lear’s story through the young boys eyes, watching a preacher on a large screen, has a distancing effect: we’re focused on the images rather than the honesty…

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