Naomi Kawase’s Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A avoids the usual tropes and cliches of sports films, focusing instead on how the athletes are rounded people, as well as the beauty fleetingness of athletic achievement
World Cinema
Cannes: Erige Sehiri’s Under the Fig Trees is a thoughtful day Tunisian drama
Set over the course of one day, Erige Sehiri’s narrative feature debut Under the Fig Trees (Sous les figues) is a thoughtful ensemble film about the group of workers in a Tunisian fig orchard.
Mutzenbacher and Man Caves explore men’s views on sex and love
In both Mutzenbacher and Man Caves, women directors interview a slew of men about their thoughts on sex and love.
Oscar nominee Eskil Vogt on writing The Worst Person in the World
Oscar nominee Eskil Vogt discusses co-writing The Worst Person in the World, writing naturalistic dialogue, and more.
Quick thoughts from Sundance: Girl Picture is a World Dramatic highlight
Alli Haapasalo’s Girl Picture is a delightful Finnish coming-of-ager which takes teenage girls, their sexuality, and their trauma seriously.
Happening looks at the culture of shame around abortion
Audrey Diwan’s Happening follows a young woman’s journey in the 1960s to even find a backstreet abortionist amidst a culture of shame and silence.