Advertisements In the mountains of Ecuador, Luisa returns to a beautiful modernist home. It is covered in glass windows and hard-cut surfaces, reflections of movement bouncing off every wall. As she re-enters her house after being away for a month, she is…
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: A hilarious high-concept satire with a perfectionist’s eye for plot construction, Official Competition doesn’t take itself - or its medium - too seriously, but glimmers with respect and affection for the form.…
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Advertisements When someone says, “I was born in the wrong era,” it usually means two things: they’re easily charmed by aesthetics, and they don’t contemplate historical social issues too deeply. Both statements apply to Ellie, the protagonist of Edgar Wright’s Venice-premiering Last…
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Céline Sciamma returns with another breathtaking feature, this one bringing her back to exploring the complexities of childhood.…
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Lucile Hadžihalilović’s 'Earwig' is a delirious journey through a dreamscape, where the unexplained is what makes it inexplicably entrancing.…
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Ana Lily Amirpour brings her signature mashup of styles, genres, and inspiration to her third feature, which follows a young woman with mind control powers on a trippy odyssey of self-discovery.…
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Pedro Almodóvar balances his playful style with a mature contemplation of personal and national identity in his newest feature, starring Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit.…
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This time travel tale invigorates genre tropes with newfound comedic potential.…
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Like any good work of speculative fiction, After Yang asks questions not only about the organization of a future society, but also of its ethical priorities.…
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'The Souvenir Part II' is the surprisingly experimental follow-up that settles the scales for its protagonist: the story of a young woman not dragged into the undertow of grief, but rather using her art to surface above it.…
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