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Locarno Film Festival 2024: Capsule Reviews of ‘Bogancloch’, ‘Dragon Dilatation’, ‘Transamazonia’

While it may be the least looked-at European festival out of the big four (Cannes, Berlinale, Venice), the Locarno is a fascinating film festival. It gives most of its program spaces to...

Movie Review (Locarno 2024): ‘REAL’ is a Flimsy, Yet Compelling Look At Hyper Connection

Director: Adele TulliWriter: Adele Tulli Synopsis: REAL aims to delve into the ongoing metamorphoses triggered by our relationship with digital technologies, through an associative mosaic of stories, shedding light on different aspects of living...

Op-ed: The Year Was 1939

It’s very hard, if not impossible, to declare one year as “the best ever” in the history of film. 1955, 1977, and 1999 are all common candidates for this title holder among...

Movie Review (Locarno 2024): ‘Mexico 86’ is Full of Endearment and Understanding

Director: Cesar DiazWriter: Cesar DiazStars: Bérénice Bejo, Fermín Martínez, Leonardo Ortizgris Synopsis: A Guatemalan activist battles a corrupt dictatorship in 1976 and flees to Mexico, leaving her son. Ten years later he joins...

Op-Ed: The Experience of Watching ‘It Ends With Us’ as a Survivor of Domestic Abuse

***This Op-Ed Contains Both Spoilers and a Frank Discussion of Domestic Abuse*** As a domestic abuse survivor, I often ponder the impact of on-screen portrayals of domestic abuse. Media helps shape and reflect...

Movie Review: ‘Alien: Romulus’ is a Welcome Franchise Refresh

Director: Fede AlvarezWriters: Fede Alvarez, Rodo SayaguesStars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux Synopsis: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to...

Movie Review: ‘Sugarcane’ is a Harrowing, Vital Work of Documentary Filmmaking

Directors: Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily KassieStars: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Willie Sellars, Charlene Belleau, Ed Archie Noisecat, and Chief Willie Sellars Synopsis: An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential...

Movie Review (Locarno 2024): ‘A Woman is a Woman’ Revisited and Restored

Director: Jean-Luc GodardWriters: Geneviève Cluny, Jean-Luc GodardStars: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo Synopsis: An exotic dancer is desperate to become a mother and accepts her reluctant boyfriend's suggestion that she be impregnated...

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