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Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman’s debut feature uses a shiva, a Jewish post-funeral gathering, as the setting for a comedy about a young woman who doesn’t fit...
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Night of the Kings
A new film from the West African nation of Ivory Coast presents an intriguing allegory about power and its misuse. Night of the Kings,...
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My Own Private Idaho
Gus Van Sant’s 1991 film portrays the difficult yet tender world of runaways. One of my favorite working American directors is Gus Van Sant....
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Went the Day Well?
One of the most unusual examples of propaganda ever filmed, made in the midst of the Second World War, imagines what it would be...
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Dear Comrades!
A veteran of Soviet cinema presents a powerful drama about an incident in 1962, when factory workers in a Don Region city go on...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Mikio Naruse’s great 1960 film presents a compassionate view of the life of bar hostesses in a disreputable section of Tokyo. I find it...