The New York Times – Film:
Based on a sex scandal that sent waves throughout Chile in the early 2000s, the film looks at the meaning of victimhood and the impotence of black-and-white systems of justice.
Author: Beatrice Loayza
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‘Four Samosas’ Review: A Romp Through Little India
The New York Times – Film:
This snappy indie comedy by Ravi Kapoor sees a group of Indian American teenagers hatch a harebrained plan to steal a bag of diamonds.
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‘Farha’ Review: A Most Brutal Coming-of-Age Story
The New York Times – Film:
Set in the early days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this drama depicts the upheaval of Palestinian society from a 14-year-old girl’s perspective.
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‘Strange World’ Review: All Too Familiar
The New York Times – Film:
The latest animated Disney creation is like “Journey to the Center of the Earth” reborn as an intercultural fantasia that takes aim at the climate crisis.
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‘Memories of My Father’ Review: Death of a Patriarch
The New York Times – Film:
Directed by Fernando Trueba, this treacly melodrama focuses on the Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince’s coming-of-age as shaped by his father, the doctor and human rights leader Héctor Abad Gómez.
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‘The Box’ Review: A Dark Coming-of-Age Tale
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This unsettlingly cryptic thriller directed by Lorenzo Vigas follows a teenager after he retrieves the remains of his father who was found in a mass grave.
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‘Soft & Quiet’ Review: Far-Right Ladies Night
The New York Times – Film:
This distressingly immersive horror film by Beth de Araújo traces a group of white supremacist women in real time.
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‘Peaceful’ Review: A Homage to French Filmmaking
The New York Times – Film:
Emmanuelle Bercot’s drama about a man diagnosed with late-stage cancer plays like a eulogy for a nearly bygone era of French cinema and its stars.
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‘Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power’ Review: Demystifying the Male Gaze
The New York Times – Film:
Directed by Nina Menkes, the film is a distressingly prescriptive documentary aimed at unpacking the patriarchal ways of seeing that have dominated the history of cinema.