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Anatomy of a Fall: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 150 minutes Writers: Justine Trier, Arthur Harari Director: Justine Trier Actors: Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado Graner, Samuel Theis, Camille Rutherford, Swann Arlaud, Jehnny Beth By Sarah Manvel Justine Trier is only the third woman in 76 years to win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; “Anatomy of a Fall” also won the Palme d’Og, the semi-serious award given by critics for … Continue reading Anatomy of a Fall: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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The Mother of All Lies / Kadib Abyad: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 86 minutes Writer/director: Asmae El Moudir By Sarah Manvel In the clips of all the “Un Certain Regard” films that ran in the opening and closing ceremonies at the Cannes Film Festival, the one from “The Mother of All Lies”(2023) was of the director, hiding behind a lace curtain, her makeup smeared, as she argued with her grandmother Zahra as to whether … Continue reading The Mother of All Lies / Kadib Abyad: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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How to Have Sex: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 98 minutes Writer/director: Molly Manning Walker Actors: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis, Shaun Thomas, Samuel Bottomley, Laura Ambler, Eilidh Loan By Sarah Manvel It’s very normal in the UK for kids to be allowed to travel with their friends to go celebrate the exams taken when they are sixteen. These trips generally involve going someplace cheap and sunny, where there’s plentiful … Continue reading How to Have Sex: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Review

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Mental Health Awareness Week: How RWBY Volume 9 Explores Trauma and Self-Acceptance

For mental health awareness week, Calum Cooper discusses RWBY: Volume 9 and the arc of self-acceptance that defines the central character of Ruby Rose. Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week: How RWBY Volume 9 Explores Trauma and Self-Acceptance

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Review: Fanny: The Right to Rock

Year: 2023 Runtime: 93 minutes Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart Featuring: June Millington, Jean Millington, Brie Darling By Sarah Manvel If you’re ever shed any teardrops onto your guitar, this movie is for you. Nowadays a band of four women – two sisters, two white, two teenagers, two Filipina-American and two lesbians – would market themselves on their identities alongside their music. In 1970, when … Continue reading Review: Fanny: The Right to Rock

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Top 5 Favorite Hats from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

By Joan Amenn As Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) prepares to bid us all a final “good night” and end her five-year run on Amazon Prime, I would like to acknowledge some of my favorite cast members of the series, the hats. I tried my best to narrow my list down to just five but there are a few honorable mentions as well, because you can … Continue reading Top 5 Favorite Hats from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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Give Me an A: Renegade Film Festival 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 101 minutes Written by: Natasha Halevi (Created by, “Wraparound – The Cheerleaders,” “Abigail,” “Vascectopia”), Megan Swertlow (“The Voiceless”), Bonnie Discepolo (“DTF”), Trevor Munson (“DTF”), Danin Jacquay (“Good Girl”), Matthew Vorce (“Good Girl”), Annie Bond (“Our Precious Babies”), Sarah Kopkin (“The Walk”), Lexx Fusco (“mediEVIL”), Rowan Fitzgibbon (“mediEVIL”), Madison Hatfield (“Sweetie”), Megan Rosati (“Plan C”), Savannah Rose Scaffe (“Hold Please”), Avital Ash (“God’s … Continue reading Give Me an A: Renegade Film Festival 2023 Review

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Plan C: Sundance 2023 Film Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 99 minutes Director: Tracy Droz Tragos By Rosa Parra Directed and produced by Tracy Droz Tragos, “Plan C” is a documentary that follows a pair of women who are responsible for developing the Plan C organization, co-founded by Francine Coeytaux, who has worked in public health for various decades.  Plan C is aimed at those interested in seeking an abortion, but need … Continue reading Plan C: Sundance 2023 Film Review

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Retrospective: Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Film critic Calum Cooper writes a retrospective piece on Sight & Sound’s newest greatest film of all time, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman. Continue reading Retrospective: Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

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