In her superlative sophomore feature Attenberg (2010), Athina Rachel Tsangari pondered the mysteries of the human mammal through the story of a young woman who is so mesmerized by wildlife ...
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Grief and loss are both overpowering and elusive, impossible to examine directly but always present for the stricken, like a sunspot on the edge of oneās vision. We struggle to confront and describe ...
There are several varieties of films mauditsāfilms over which hang some dread curse, whether of state censorship, producerās interference, distributor indifference, or plain bad luck. Sometimes part ...
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Candid camera: this year's festival offered an array of welcome surprises, including highlights like Mike Leigh's Hard Truths ...
The Substance seems inescapably in thrall to the seductive, glossy surfaces of Hollywood beauty standards that it is ...