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A headshot of Ekwa Msangi in front of a still from her film, Farewell Amor.

Orla Smith / December 18, 2020

In Farewell Amor, Ekwa Msangi uses Angolan dance to explore family bonds

…what their emotional state was at that point. [click_to_tweet tweet=”‘For a young African girl, who wouldn’t have the permission to have a tantrum or talk back to her parents, this…

A collage of posters of some of the best films of 2020 that are featured in our critics survey, including First Cow, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Assistant, Proxima, and I Was at Home, But...

Seventh Row Editors / December 28, 2020

What are the best films of 2020? A critics survey

…the great year of cinema we had. Despite the lows, controversies, and the challenging state of the industry, we had the privilege of witnessing a burgeoning of new, bright filmmakers…

An image of filmmaker Kelly Reichardt against a yellow background next to text that bears her name.

Kelly Reichardt: an in-depth introduction

…the surface, River of Grass seems like an outlier in Reichardt’s filmography. It’s the only one of her films to be set in Reichardt’s home state of Florida. It uses…

Two stills stitched together, one of Bette Davis in the 1950 film All About Eve, the other of Gillian Anderson in the 2019 stage adaptation.

B. P. Flanagan / November 27, 2020

All About Eve at 70: A closeup on Joseph Mankiewicz’s classic and its stage adaptation

…instance, while the ensemble publicly discusses Margo’s state of mind, the audience sees her in the bathroom, vomiting. Ironically, the camera makes a performance out of an aspect of Margo’s…

Alex Heeney / November 9, 2020

The 2020 Festival du Nouveau Cinema showcases the old and the new of world cinema

…docudrama Les Ordres, a chilling look at when Quebec became a police state and people were arrested without proof, and then held in prison for days (and tortured) without being…

Florence Pugh, Florence Pugh Midsommar, Florence Pugh Little Drummer Girl, Florence Pugh Lady Macbeth, Florence Pugh Fighting with My Family

Orla Smith / November 6, 2020

Florence Pugh reveals what’s beneath the strength of her characters

…false behind Charlie’s gumption in the way she utters those stout lines. “I refuse to be a slave to patriarchy,” Charlie bluntly states later in the film, a bold statement…

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