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Alex Heeney / September 3, 2021

Joachim Trier looks back at the career-defining Oslo, August 31st

…wanted me, since that film, to make that film again. It almost became a little bit of a burden. In a weird way, it feels like I’m being liberated a…

Alex Heeney / April 19, 2023

Chie Hayakawa on avoiding sentimentality in Plan 75

…us to ask for help from other people, the government, and welfare. People are so scared to be a burden to someone or a burden to society. I was feeling…

A still from Mija, in which a young woman, Doris, sings her heart out, bathed in deep blue light. Next to the still is a purple box featuring white text, which reads, 'Quick thoughts.'

Orla Smith / January 30, 2022

Quick thoughts on Mija: What does the American Dream mean to immigrant families?

…America. Castro shows how Doris and Jacks shoulder this heavy burden, and how the older Doris tries to help Jacks through it. Jacks Haupt (left) and Doris Muñoz (right) in…

Alex Heeney / September 27, 2013

The Hollow Crown: “Richard II” is a great beginning to a near perfect screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy

…revisiting “Richard II” later, both to clear up the backstory and get a better sense of the themes. All four plays deal with the burden of wearing the hollow crown…

Alex Heeney / January 26, 2014

Sundance Review: Hong Khaou’s film Lilting explores grief with Ben Whishaw

…in the difficult position of carrying Kai’s secret as well as the burden of his anger towards his mother. He’s a quiet and kind-hearted man, desperately trying to do the…

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…von Bahr (Writer-Director) — THE BURDEN (TIFF 2017) Phyllida Lloyd (Director) — HERSELF (January 2021) Alice Lowe (Writer-Director) — PREVENGE (Sepember 2016) Irene Lusztig (Director) — YOURS IN SISTERHOOD (March…

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