Timothée Chalamet is delivering some of modern cinema's most compelling coming-of-age performances, dealing with the contradictions and confusion of figuring …
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7R Podcast ep.3: Where Hands Touch
In the third episode of our film podcast, we talk about Amma Asante's Where Hands Touch, a flawed but often intelligent film worthy of a closer look. …
Review: the sober recollections of Richard Billingham’s Ray & Liz
The first feature from photographer Richard Billingham is a moving yet unsentimental portrait of a life in fragments, as empathetic as it is brutal. …
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Thomasin McKenzie tracks every step toward independence in Leave No Trace
Increment by increment, Thomasin McKenzie tracks Tom's journey from girl to young woman. This is the seventh piece in our Special Issue on Debra Granik's Leave …
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Imogen Thomas on Emu Runner: ‘The film willed its way into existence.’
Director Imogen Thomas discusses her feature, Emu Runner, which explores an Aboriginal girl’s (Rhae-Kye Waites) grief — and her community’s resilience — after …
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TIFF 2018’s most exciting young actors to watch
To mark the start of TIFF 2018, we delve into the budding careers of 16 of our favourite emerging actors who have films at the festival. Read all our TIFF …
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Behind the Lens: The Miseducation of Cameron Post DP Ashley Connor
Placing The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Madeline's Madeline side by side, it seems like DP Ashley Connor can do anything. Read more interviews with …
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Growing up and growing apart in Leave No Trace
Debra Granik's film uses the unusual story of a father and daughter living in the woods to tell the classic coming-of-age narrative of parent-child separation. …
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Debra Granik: ‘It is dangerous to tell a story with no villain’
Director Debra Granik discusses what made her want to turn this story into a film, her non-judgmental outlook on her characters, her research process, and her …
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Brett Haley: ‘Music and creativity bring people together’
Director Brett Haley discusses Hearts Beat Loud and the joy of nice movies about kind people. …
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