…destruction. We hear stories of domestic violence and state violence. We hear moments of despair, but also moments of hope. They do not share the exact same history, of course,…
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Oscar nominee Eskil Vogt on writing The Worst Person in the World
…the decision that it would be her book. But it’s definitely closer to her than the voiceover in Reprise is to the characters. It’s more of her state of mind…
Zoe Leigh Hopkins tells an uplifting story about healing in Run Woman Run
…on a recent podcast episode about the film.) Hopkins’s protagonist is Beck (a fantastic Dakota Ray Hebert), who lives in Six Nations, the largest First Nations reserve in the state…
Cannes Film Review: Manuela Martelli’s 1976 ratchets up the tension
…a film defined by a perpetual state of anxiety fueled by government and gender oppression. In the coastal Chilean town of Las Cruces during the third year of Pinochet’s dictatorship,…
Fantasia Review: Just Remembering tells a romance in reverse
…Daigo Matsui’s film Just Remembering. Each day begins with a shot of Teruo’s wall clock that states the time, the date, and the day of the week, and as the…
Stonewalling Film Review: Surviving an unwanted pregnancy
Alex Heeney reviews Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka’s film Stonewalling. China’s two-child policy casts a long shadow on twenty-year-old Lynn who finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy — and loses…