Alice Diop

Documentaries, Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews

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“Women Make the Harsher Films”: Isa Willinger Revisits a Provocation in “No Mercy”

by Rebecca Martin

November 21, 2025

When cult filmmaker Kira Muratova told a young Isa Willinger, “The truth is, women make the harsher films,” the statement lodged itself in Willinger’s mind like a riddle. Could this

2022 Films

15 min read

Editor’s Picks: Top 25 Films of 2022

by Rebecca Martin

December 16, 2022

As a movie lover, I can’t help connecting the meaning in my life to what I’m seeing on the screen. Sometimes films expand my meaning, and sometimes they confirm it.

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