Advertisements In Belkis Bayrak’s Gülizar, Gülizar’s (Ecem Uzun) and her fiancé Emre’s (Bekir Behrem) gazes never manage to meet. As one looks up, the other looks down, and each finds their desire for understanding, for steady ground in the other, frustrated over…
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But the magic of 'Hard Truths' is the way Pansy’s self-imposed suffering reveals all the joy, connection, and potential gratitude just at her fingertips if she would only choose to see it.…
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I have no doubt these people love Harper. But are they willing to not just celebrate her, but also denounce those in their community who are actively and regularly transphobic?…
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'No Other Land' documents not just Israel’s violent oppression, but the Palestinian people’s unbelievable capacity to prevail, to remain on their land at any cost.…
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Advertisements “You have to believe in the illusion, or you’ll go mad.” So says an anonymous speaker in Payal Kapadia’s glittering All We Imagine As Light. The film opens on documentary footage of Mumbai’s hustle and bustle, accompanied by voiceovers from real…
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Advertisements Director Ali Abbasi’s breakthrough came by way of Border, a singularly strange fairy tale about a troll who stumbles upon a child trafficking ring while working as a Swedish customs agent. Six years later, there’s little trace of that same eccentricity…
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Advertisements D’A Film Festival ‘Las Largas Sombras’/’Past Lies’ Review: Death on the Spanish Coastline in this Queer Coming-Of-Age Series The first episode of ‘Las Largas Sombras’ (streaming on Hulu as ‘Past Lies’) made its spectacular debut at Barcelona’s D’A Film Festival. The…
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Bella's first Dispatch and review from the 2024 D’A Film Festival.…
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Black Box Diaries highlights that, as it currently stands, we will not find justice through pathways run by patriarchy and the valuing of the upper-class and higher-powered voices over the marginalized. …
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Didi doesn’t soften the blows of early adolescence in the way many coming-of-age stories tend to, which only serves to make it all the more comforting.…
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