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Young people discuss their troubles with anxiety and panic in this unfocused advocacy documentary.
Author: Natalia Winkelman
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‘Centurion: The Dancing Stallion’ Review: Romance on the Ranch
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A young woman training for a horse dancing competition confronts a medical crisis in this conventional family melodrama.
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‘Human Flowers of Flesh’ Review: The Life Aquatic
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This contribution to slow cinema observes the quiet routines of a captain and her crew as they sail a small boat across the Mediterranean.
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‘Tommy Guns’ Review: A Shape-Shifting Spectacle of Military Life
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Portuguese boys train for service in occupied Angola in Carlos Conceição’s drama, which incorporates elements of a ghost story.
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‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields’ Review: Girlhood, Interrupted
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Lana Wilson’s documentary blossoms in moments of cultural commentary, where it builds a mood of reminiscence gone rancid.
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‘Imagining the Indian’ Review: Fighting Offensive Imagery
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This documentary, subtitled “The Fight Against Native American Mascoting,” argues that Native-themed sports team branding fits into a history of systemic racism.
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‘Petite Solange’ Review: Coming of Age as Your Parents Divorce
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Axelle Ropert’s carefully calibrated film from France follows a girl experiencing the pain of having to accept her parents as people with faults.
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‘Money Shot: The Pornhub Story’ Review: A Clear Eye on an Industry
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This documentary looks at the offenses of the pornography industry through interviews with performers and activists.
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‘The Forger’ Review: Hiding in Plain Sight
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This German drama follows a young Jewish man in early 1940s Berlin who survives by falsifying passports and concealing his identity in public.