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Justine Smith / October 15, 2019

Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell on MS Slavic 7

…and still weighs on her. Does it still impact her in the here and now?  I was reading an interview with Chantal Akerman where she was talking about her fiction…

Alex Heeney / March 4, 2025

What to see (and skip) at the 2025 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

…Michelle accidentally (or was it accidental?) poisons her daughter with her cooked mushrooms, it drives a wedge between Michelle and her grandson, depriving her of her one important familial connection….

Obvious Child, Gillian Robespierre

Alex Heeney / June 27, 2014

Obvious Child is a sweet and funny romantic (abortion) comedy for the 21st century

…boyfriend dumps her, ostensibly because he’s tired of her talking about their relationship in her act, but more immediately because he’s already shtupping her friend. This sends her on a…

Summer Hours

Aaron Hammond / March 31, 2017

Ghosts, grief, and objects left behind in Assayas’ Summer Hours and Personal Shopper

…than Helene’s collection. Maureen is characterized by her frustration with her job and her quest to find a connection to Lewis’ spirit — which makes her more of a kindred…

A still from Fresh, in which a young woman and an older man sit together at a damily lit bar. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / January 23, 2022

Fresh Review: A blunt, entertaining horror film about dating

…of Steve’s “favourites,” allowing her to manipulate him into keeping her safe, is a product of her whiteness. But the film altogether ignores this, and barely develops Mollie and Penny…

Rachel Morrison, Mudbound

Lena Wilson / May 9, 2018

Rachel Morrison’s deeply empathetic cinematography

…screams curses at her caregivers, but the film frames her as lonely, hurting, and even relatable, rather than just antagonistic. [clickToTweet tweet=”In CAKE, ‘Morrison wraps Claire’s story up in layers…

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