…understand herself. She doesn’t know her body, of course, but she also doesn’t know anything of the outside world: her father keeps her brother, “Son,” and her confined to their…
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Our hopes for the Best International Feature Oscar shortlist
…(Anastasiia Budiashkina) to move from her home of Ukraine to her estranged father’s native Switzerland, where she competes for Switzerland. Meanwhile, back home, she hears from her mother and best…
Mockingjay Part 1: too many hovercrafts, not enough Finnick
…bluesy tune, to Gale and her camera crew in an empty and peaceful gorge, we feel her hurt, her pain, and her ability to bring you on that journey with…
Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant on the horror of daily misogyny in Lucky
…is May’s struggle to survive in her own home. In the film’s final act, Grant opens the story up more, bringing in other women, other victims, and extending her metaphor…
Daughter of a Lost Bird Review: An Indigenous woman reconnects with her birth mother
…Indigenous adoptee reconnecting with her heritage. Swaney gives Kendra a lot of space to tell her own story in her own words. She’s also careful to flag when her own…
Interview: Disco shows “the journey to become radical”
…reality TV — are shot down by her elders. Her stepfather, a minister at the church, chastises and demeans her when he catches her watching trash TV. Syversen shoots the…