Thelma has been compared to Brian De Palma’s Carrie, but Trier gives his female lead agency whereas Carrie was simply a victim. This is an excerpt from our …
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Ep. 21: Feminist horror
In this episode, we celebrate our new ebook, Beyond empowertainment: Feminist horror and the struggle for female agency. In addition to discussing the films …
Pain and Glory is a knotty self-portrait
In Pain and Glory, Almodovar brings together fiction and biography to create a knotty self-portrait.The cinema of Almodóvar has always been a melange of …
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire was the gold standard at TIFF19
Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a beautiful period romance that upends cinematic stereotypes of the artistic muse. This is a preview of our book …
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‘Everyone is orbiting around her’: Pablo Larraín and Mariana di Girolamo on Ema
Director Pablo Larraín and lead actress Mariana di Girolamo discuss their pulsing, colourful, bonkers, and utterly invigorating film, Ema, revealing character …
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TIFF19 review: White Lie is a chilling, meticulous study of duplicity
Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis direct the hell out of a dicey premise in White Lie, one of the best acquisition titles screening at TIFF19. Read B.P. Flanagan's …
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