Adolescence, the latest effort from one take wonder Philip Barantini (Boiling Point), has been widely lauded as the best drama of the year. A nuanced exploration of toxic masculinity, adolescent
Ester Bovard
"Ester Bovard is an archival film scholar and writer based in Toronto. An award-winning researcher with an MA in Preservation & Presentation of the Moving Image from the University of Amsterdam, she has worked on projects in collaboration with Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art, UMAM Documentation & Research, and the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision."
Black Bag, the latest feature from the seemingly tireless Stephen Soderbergh, is the kind of smart, stylish thriller we see too few of these days. Featuring a taut script from
I’m Still Here, Brazilian director Walter Salles’ first feature film in over a decade, explores a dark period in his nation’s history. Recently awarded the Academy Award for Best International
As we hurtle clumsily into the future, our lives increasingly mediated by electronic interfaces, it can be easy to overlook the dramatic shift in how we relate to each other
In recent years, as we are faced with tremendously controversial electoral politics and shocking global conflicts, political discourse has become increasingly polarized and emotionally charged, rendering it extraordinarily difficult for
The Message, the latest feature from Venezuelan director Iván Fund, is a skillfully realized meditation on love, hope, and the unexpected families we build for ourselves. Taking a naturalistic approach
History, as common wisdom would have it, is written by the victors. Unsatisfied with the determinism of this adage, however, scholars and storytellers alike have increasingly sought to redress the
Fwends, the debut feature from Australian director Sophie Somerville, takes a meandering look at the complexities of friendship and the existential struggle that so often defines the transition from adolescence
Paul, the latest documentary feature from prolific Quebecois director Denis Côté (Curling, Vic + Flo Saw a Bear) takes a detached and sympathetic look at one man’s idiosyncratic corner of
Does unconditional love have limits? Does forgiveness? As women navigating a predatory world where should our loyalties lie? At what cost to our own personal sense of right and wrong?
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