Director Wanuri Kahiu discusses her controversial debut feature, Rafiki, a lesbian film which has faced bans in Kahiu's native Kenya. …
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Interview: On Chesil Beach‘s sets destabilize its characters
On Chesil Beach production designer Suzie Davies discusses researching period, creating environments that contrast with the film's characters, and how different …
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‘Nudity is their work outfit’: Vidal-Naquet on Sauvage
Writer-Director Camille Vidal-Naquet discusses telling the story of a male sex worker with humour, romance, and a frank approach to nudity. …
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The Night of all Nights asks: How do couples stay together?
Director Yasemin Samdereli worked through doubts about her own marriage by making a documentary about long-term relationships and what makes them last. …
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‘You’re missing it!’: Tricks with time in Call Me by Your Name
In Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino uses framing and editing to expand and contract time, allowing us to experience it in the same way that Elio and Oliver …
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Armie Hammer is more than an object of desire in CMBYN
In Call Me by Your Name, Armie Hammer’s performance as Oliver weaponizes his star persona, allowing us to misread his character in the same way that Elio does. …
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