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Sense8 and The OA: making the vital connection in alternative science fiction
The divisive, dystopian politics of our age are countered in two new thriller series that proclaim a dream of unity and shared identities brought about by technology and modern mysticism, writes Sophie Mayer.
Friday 3 March 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Certain Women, Kelly Reichardt’s minimalist Montana triptych
Pitch-perfect performances, muted cinematography and austere direction make these three stories of tired, tender women emotionally compelling without a moment of melodrama, writes Kate Stables.
Thursday 2 March 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: The Fits explores the feints and bounds of girlhood
This intensely physical debut film from Anna Rose Holmer sets its tale of growing up, fitting in and breaking out in a community gym where a teenage tomboy exchanges her boxing gloves for a sequinned leotard. But does it duck the challenge of addressing social questions, asks Ginette Vincendeau?
Thursday 23 February 2017 -
Call Me by Your Name review: a ravishing evocation of romance
Luca Guadagnino’s sun-kissed queer love story revels in the erotic tension of an encounter between a teenager and an older man, writes Paul O’Callaghan.
Wednesday 22 February 2017 -
1945 review: a bitter homecoming in Hungary
When two Orthodox Jews return to the town that betrayed them under Nazi-occupation, the stage is set for conflict in Ferenc Török’s European western, writes Christina Newland.
Wednesday 22 February 2017 -
Ana, mon amour review: scenes from an agonised relationship
This time-shifting dissection of a romantic coupling beset by a mental disorder, from the director of the Golden Bear-winning Child’s Pose, echoes Ingmar Bergman’s probing psychological studies, says Geoff Andrew.
Monday 20 February 2017 -
Untitled review: Michael Glawogger’s posthumous cine-soul odyssey
The late Austrian documentarist may have prematurely come to rest in 2014, but his spirit and drive live on in this deliberately themeless compendium of his roving observations of human labour and culture across more than a dozen countries, says Jordan Cronk.
Friday 17 February 2017 -
Vazante review: an “anthropological map” of Brazil’s cruel roots
Daniela Thomas’s solo debut renders the tragic brutality of colonial-era Brazil’s chattel slavery in an elliptical epic, shot in potent black and white, writes Christina Newland.
Thursday 16 February 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Moonlight, a prism of repression and desire, awash in poetry
Barry Jenkins’ three-ages portrait of a queer black youth comes bearing a weight of significance; but its nuanced ensemble performances and agile formalism give it a rare beauty and tenderness, writes Adam Nayman.
Thursday 16 February 2017 -
The Other Side of Hope review: Aki Kaurismäki salutes the down and dogged
Nick James reports on the latest from Finland’s deadpan morose-romantic master, a Chaplinesque fable of two disparate strivers commingling in Helsinki.
Wednesday 15 February 2017
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