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by Rebecca Martin
November 6, 2026
Italian writer-director Carolina Cavalli has a gift for characters who feel slightly out of step with the world. Based in Milan, she made her feature debut with “Amanda” (2022), which
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by Rebecca Martin
November 6, 2026
In August 2020, a night of dry lightning sparked the CZU Lightning Complex fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The flames came within a block of the Boulder Creek home
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by Megan Henderson
November 2, 2026
Being a teenage is awkward, uncomfortable, and cringey. It’s a phase of life that once we leave, we hope to never experience again. Yet once we’re far enough removed from
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by Rebecca Martin
October 26, 2026
When I covered the New Orleans Film Festival in 2023, I discovered that creative non-fiction is a documentary genre of its own: films made in unconventional ways, rather than the
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by Rebecca Martin
October 24, 2026
When I was in middle school, a girl from our friend group named Lisa died in a car accident. She and her sister were turning into a movie theater when
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by Megan Henderson
October 14, 2026
Director Kasia Adamik is no stranger to the screen, as her career began back in 2002. As a Polish filmmaker and storyboard artist, “Winter of the Crow” is an adaptation
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by Megan Henderson
October 13, 2026
Coming into your own as a person is hard, and it’s made even harder when you have a crazy family. The people closest to us affect our lives in so
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by Megan Henderson
October 5, 2026
“Avatar: The Last Airbender” is a franchise beloved globally. I first learned about it when I was in high school from one of my best friends, who grew up watching
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by Megan Henderson
October 4, 2026
Over the past few years, many progressive conversations have been happening in the entertainment industry. We’ve been discussing more opportunities for non-white, non-cis, non-male creatives, behind and in front of
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by Rebecca Martin
October 2, 2026
Speaking with Rachel Morrison let me check another bucket-list filmmaker off my list. As a cinematographer, she shot some of my favorite films, including “Mudbound” (Dee Rees) and “Fruitvale Station”
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by Megan Henderson
September 26, 2026
All women are familiar with the complexities that come along with female friendships. On one hand, they can be magical, sparkly, and more valuable than any romantic relationship. But sometimes,
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by Megan Henderson
September 25, 2026
As a society, we’re familiar with ghost stories. When we turn to supernatural films, the ones filled with poltergeists and phantoms, we typically know what we are getting into. There’s
