…a cardigan that her mother wore; it’s a very old one. We tried to make a backstory with what they’re wearing. With Roberta, we thought that her mother would have…
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Fatima is a tender look at making a home in a new land
…attends lectures on embyogenesis, while her mother takes French classes. We watch mother and daughter diligently taking notes in their respective classrooms. Like her mother, Nesrine does homework on the…
Review: A Quiet Passion charts Emily Dickinson’s subtle rebellion
…PASSION” quote=”Her quill pierces the silence, and we listen to her scribbling.”] After her father’s passing, Emily becomes increasingly reclusive. Her retreat from his deathbed is literal: slowly, whimpering, Emily…
The thirty films we’re most looking forward to in 2021
…between three suitors each promising a different life. Faced with events that jostle her, Maria must then take her destiny into her own hands and decide what her future will…
Familiar Faces: Ben Foster’s subtle depictions of trauma
…her, tenderly offering her an indirect drag of his cigarette: he blows the smoke into her mouth. She’s visibly confused because it’s predatory and sweet at the same time. In…
How Jasna Đuričić crafted her ferocious performance in Quo Vadis, Aida?
…a mix of hesitancy and hopelessness, willing someone else to gather the nerve to speak. Aida’s expression is different. She also looks around, but more frantically, her breathing faster. Her…