…attend nearly daily counselling sessions or else be sent to state prison. As her court appointed lawyer stresses, “the burden is on you.” It is such burdens that pushed Irene…
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TIFF15: Unearthing the dead past in Demon
…around Piotr, the burden settles on his bride Żaneta. Zulewska delivers a wrenching performance as a woman terrified for the man she loves and increasingly horrified by the people around…
Arabian Nights is an intoxicating, maddening mosaic of recession-era Portugal
…were rejected by the courts. In short, the workers bore the burden of paying off Portugal’s bailout. That left Gomes in a quandary. How can he make a lavish, fantastical…
Growing up and growing apart: Coming of age in Leave No Trace
…nightmare. It’s tempting to assume that a child should not bear the burden of parental trauma, but Tom does not visibly resent their co-dependence. [wcm_nonmember] Want to read the rest…
The 20 best films of 2022 so far
…von Bahr, who I will follow to the ends of the earth after her weird and wonderful short film The Burden. She’s one of three sets of directors on The…
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…