‘Woman of the Hour’ uses the bare bones of its true crime anecdote to explore the impossible nature of constantly performing womanhood “correctly” under the inherent and constant threat of male violence.…
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For a film about accepting things not turning out as you once hoped, this documentary is strikingly inspirational and aspirational.…
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Though marred by lackluster direction, there is a lot of potential simmering underneath the surface of 'Your Lucky Day.'…
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Not quite funny and never all that moving, ‘North Star’ is bogged down by all-too-tidy storylines and performances that are half-hearted at best.…
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Advertisements Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer walks in stride with her preceding cinematic reputation, albeit perhaps with slightly gentler steps. Last Summer is not as fantastical or explicit as works like her Romance, nor is it as jarring and unflinching as Fat Girl,…
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French mining horror 'The Deep Dark' is a sweeping tale of epically nostalgic proportions.…
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With the Writers Guild of America winning their fight against AI and SAG-AFTRA following suit, ‘So Unreal’ is hit the festival circuit at just the right time. …
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Advertisements It seems as though late-night talk show hosts have it pretty easy. They walk out to a crowd primed to applaud at their every quip, breezily speak to robotic and predictable guests who are there to promote, and gesture toward the…
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This film adds a new kind of fearsome monster fueled by and feeding on a much-neglected human aspect: shame.…
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This beguiling tale casts nature as the monstrous feminine, and is a spectacular achievement.…
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