…for in-depth discussion, both about abusive patriarchal forces and the film’s depiction of them. We went deep on the film in conversation with Benedict Andrews’s Una and Jennifer Fox’s The…
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Berlin and Beyond 2021 Highlights: Exile and Veins of the World
…this experience on a big TV at home. The plot of Veins of the World is a bit facile, but the storytelling is sensitive enough to leave a deep emotional…
Explant Review: An exposé on the breast implant industry
…a deep dive into the breast implant industry, particularly in the US, and how it is harming women. Our “way in” to this topic is Michelle Visage, who is most…
Are boys OK? Un vrai bonhomme and Mes jours de gloire at Cinemania
…male depression. Lacoste is equally adept at physical comedy as he is at showing his character’s deep vulnerability and sadness. Early in the film, his psychiatrist mother suggests that he…
What is creative nonfiction?
…by several documentary filmmakers. Here’s Pacho Velez, director of Searchers and a teacher of nonfiction, explaining how he labels his classes: “I usually refer to what I do as nonfiction…
Guillaume Canet shines in Au nom de la terre (In the Name of the Land)
…to make things work, despite hardship, Au nom de la terre takes the opposite tack, plummeting the Jareaus into deeper debt, greater stress, and more profound unhappiness. The farm is…