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Search Results for: boys state

Alex Heeney / July 2, 2016

San Francisco’s Frameline Festival expands understandings of queer cinema

…out stories. But the biggest obstacle to the protagonists’ happiness is the boys themselves — not their parents, friends, or community. Closet Monster Frameline Festival expands understandings of queer cinema….

Alex Heeney / April 11, 2014

What to see and what to skip at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF)

…film of the same name, and it shows in the thinness of the plot. It’s the story of a grieving father (Aaron Paul) and his two boys, one always on…

A still from Charlatan, in which a man holds up a small glass of urine to the light and stares at it, while another main watches him from behind. The text on the image says: Review.

Alex Heeney / December 10, 2020

Charlatan draws parallels between a faith healer and communism

…from the kind of faith healing charlatanism that Jan practices. Yet even though the papers, and eventually the state, dismiss Jan as a charlatan, Holland isn’t quite so quick to…

Woman at War, Benedikt Erlingsson

Elena Lazic / September 1, 2018

‘We are at war with ourselves’: Benedikt Erlingsson discusses Woman at War

…of the state. We see this all around. We see environmentalists like Berta Cáceres from Honduras who was murdered, and Yolanda Maturana from Columbia. We see this throughout history. In…

Standing Tall

Alex Heeney / March 27, 2016

Standing Tall is a gritty coming-of-ager told through rose-coloured glasses

…she can barely take care of herself. He’s rebelling against the lack of authority in his home life, and the state is forced to pick up the slack. Over the…

Alex Heeney / March 17, 2025

Interview: Philippe Lesage on Comme le feu (Who by Fire)

…If you look at the history of violence and wars in the world, it’s always older men who make decisions, from their big houses and parliament, to send young boys…

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