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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…

Please Like Me Season 2

Alex Heeney / August 7, 2014

Review: Please Like Me Season 2 is even better and smarter

…the season dealing with starting to date boys, taking care of his divorced parents – he moved in with his mother who’s depressed and was constantly calming down his mostly…

A collage of images from the best documentaries of 2021.

Seventh Row Editors / January 10, 2022

The best documentaries of 2021

…8. The Rescue (E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin) The Rescue is one of the best documentaries of 2021. In 2018, a group of twelve young boys from the same soccer…

A History of Women Directors at the Cannes Film Festival

…as the festival’s problematic (if very slowly improving) history of being a boys’ club. Subscribe now Women at Cannes Ep. 5: Women at Cannes 2022 Women at Cannes Ep. 4:…

Alex Heeney / July 14, 2023

The 17 best films of 2023 so far

…is an epic story of a friendship between two unlikely boys over decades. When local Bruno (played later by Alessandro Borghi) and city-dweller Pietro (as an adult, Luca Marinelli) are…

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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