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Trenque Lauquen
A mystery from Argentina becomes a meditation on love, art, and the agency of women. Trenque Lauquen, a film by Argentine director Laura Citarella,...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The two most famous film versions of Victor Hugo’s novel featured Lon Chaney in 1923, and Charles Laughton in 1939. In 1831, Victor Hugo...
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American Fiction
A satire about a Black literary novelist who publishes a trashy book under a pseudonym to mock the way African Americans are depicted, only...
Origin
Isabel Wilkerson wrote a book, published in 2020, called “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” It argues that the core of social injustice is...
The Teachers’ Lounge
A junior high school in Germany is a microcosm of society in The Teachers’ Lounge, a film directed by İlker Çatak, and written by...
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Women Directors
Women film directors are becoming increasingly prominent after decades of being effectively shut out of the profession. For the majority of movie history, the...