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Search Results for: the burden

Sherpa, Jennifer Peedom, Everest doc Sherpa

Alex Heeney / October 10, 2015

TIFF15: Jennifer Peedom discusses her Everest doc Sherpa

…short film for SBS called The Sherpas’ Burden. “I realized that my body worked quite well at altitude,” said Peedom, “so I started to get offered these other jobs.” For…

Florence Pugh, Florence Pugh Midsommar, Florence Pugh Little Drummer Girl, Florence Pugh Lady Macbeth, Florence Pugh Fighting with My Family

Orla Smith / November 6, 2020

Florence Pugh reveals what’s beneath the strength of her characters

…she’s OK so as not to burden her unsupportive boyfriend, Christian (Jack Reynor). But her anxiety and sadness is bursting at the seams, always in danger of showing. Over the…

How Heavy This Hammer

Mary Angela Rowe / September 6, 2015

TIFF15: How Heavy This Hammer explores masculinity in crisis ****

…as if switching between perspectives. There’s little connection between these people even when they inhabit the same space. Erwin finds reality a burden and the needs of others a chore….

Alex Heeney / November 26, 2020

Guillaume Canet shines in Au nom de la terre (In the Name of the Land)

…Pierre’s dream and also his sole burden to carry, but it puts a strain on the entire family: his wife’s accounting job pays all of their bills, and his son,…

Captive, Atom Egoyan

Alex Heeney / May 16, 2014

Cannes Review: The Captive is captivatingly tense but shallow

…Tina is full of resentment and rage, but we never see her experience anything else, like really trying to carry on with her life under such a tragic burden. The…

A collage of stills of Virginie Efira, Gemma Arterton, Eva Green, Anthony Hopkins, and Riz Ahmed.

Seventh Row Editors / December 27, 2020

The 20 best lead performances of 2020

…weeps, finally letting out the emotion she works so hard not to burden her family with. AH Sorry We Missed You is available on Criterion Channel and Kanopy in Canada,…

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