Movies
‘MaXXXine’ review: Bloody glamour and a complex female anti-hero collide for great storytelling
July 16, 2024Come for the blood and 80s aesthetic; stay for the great characters and layered storytelling.
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Pride and Billy Elliot: same strike, contrasting portrayals
July 5, 2024Both Billy Elliot and Pride are set during the pivotal 1984-5 Miners’ Union strike in northern England, where miners struggled for over a year against the implacable Thatcher government to win better working conditions.
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Non-aligned movement featured at South East European Film Festival
May 21, 2024The award-winning Mila Turajlić expands the boundaries of conventional nonfiction films.
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Glazergate: The director’s challenge and the Zionist riposte
April 9, 2024He had the audacity to state that his film is not just about the past but also about the present.
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‘Wicked Little Letters’: A British blow for women’s emancipation in the 1920s
March 29, 2024For those who enjoy a rollicking feminist mystery-political-comedy that is in fact based on a true story, this may be your ticket for a fun adult outing at the movies.
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