Rachel Pronger

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Interviews

Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy on her Senegalese love story turned cautionary tale

Her debut feature, Banel & Adama found director Ramata-Toulaye Sy competing at Cannes. As it arrives in the UK, we spoke to her about the current wave of French-Senagalese filmmakers and her magic-tinged story of climate crisis.

By Rachel Pronger

Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy on her Senegalese love story turned cautionary tale
Reviews

Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup

By Rachel Pronger

Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup
Festivals

Dahomey: Mati Diop’s otherworldly documentary gives voice to looted African artefacts

By Rachel Pronger

Dahomey: Mati Diop’s otherworldly documentary gives voice to looted African artefacts
Festivals

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire: this poignant anti-biopic resists conventional ideas around rediscovery

By Rachel Pronger

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire: this poignant anti-biopic resists conventional ideas around rediscovery
Reviews

Sweet Sue: a good-natured low-budget tragicomedy

By Rachel Pronger

Sweet Sue: a good-natured low-budget tragicomedy
Features

Nuns, land girls, ballet dancers: the paradoxes of Powell and Pressburger’s women

By Rachel Pronger

Nuns, land girls, ballet dancers: the paradoxes of Powell and Pressburger’s women
Interviews

“In season, Malia is carnage”: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex

By Rachel Pronger

“In season, Malia is carnage”: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex
Reviews

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: the sauna is about purifying the soul as much as the body in this raw and powerful documentary

By Rachel Pronger

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: the sauna is about purifying the soul as much as the body in this raw and powerful documentary
Features

Entering the forbidden zone: Bette Gordon’s Variety at 40

By Rachel Pronger

Entering the forbidden zone: Bette Gordon’s Variety at 40
10 great

10 great films that challenge the male gaze

By Rachel Pronger

10 great films that challenge the male gaze
Features

Revisiting pioneering transgender documentary A Change of Sex 40 years on

By Rachel Pronger

Revisiting pioneering transgender documentary A Change of Sex 40 years on
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