…England. Whatever her expectations were of married life, they are thwarted: her husband ignores her, her father-in-law berates her, and she’s forced to spend every day immaculately dressed and doing…
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…quite fully grown up herself, and the show charts her own maturation as she tries to protect her son, which requires reconnecting with her mother. As Shakespeare would say, though…
‘In the Innu language, every word is an image’: Kim O’Bomsawin on Call Me Human
…like Bacon, O’Bomsawin’s sense of identity is split between two places: Montreal, where she lives, and her home territory. While Bacon was divorced from her land, her language, and her…
The 30 best films of 2021
…sister Dana, and her brother Ira Jr. (also a filmmaker). It also includes the six other children that their father had with various different women. Film About a Father Who…
Berlinale Review: The long goodbyes of Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman
…day, Nelly eagerly asks her mother for stories of her mother’s childhood, and her mother remarks, “You always ask questions at bedtime!” “That’s when I see you,” Nelly replies, as…
Thomasin McKenzie tracks every step toward independence in Leave No Trace
…Tom grows up: learning social skills, gaining self-confidence, and growing further apart from her father as a result. An isolated childhood in the forest In her woodland home, Tom (Thomasin…