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2025 Films, Awards, Coming of Age, Cult Classic, Directing, Drama, Horror, Indie Films, International Films, Interviews, Now Playing

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Attracted to Abstraction: Lucile Hadžihalilović on “The Ice Tower”

by Matt Fagerholm

September 30, 2025

“If you can’t play with the language, you are not reinventing the language.” This is what Argentine director Gaspar Noé told me when I interviewed him fifteen years ago about

2024 Films, 2025 Films, Awards, Coming of Age, Directing, Documentaries, Film Editing, Film Festivals, Indie Films, Interviews, Now Playing, producer, Short Films

29 min read

This Was the Fight: Emily Sheskin on “JessZilla”

by Matt Fagerholm

February 24, 2025

One of my favorite films I saw in 2024 is finally kicking off its limited theatrical run before arriving on VOD. Last year, I had the privilege of serving on

Black History, Interviews

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Numa Perrier on making her rom-com “The Perfect Find”

by Rebecca Martin

June 29, 2023

“Numa was our choice and we went after her. She did this movie for Netflix called ‘Jezebel’ and I loved it. She was in it – she starred in it

2022 Films, Interviews

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Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre shows the power of sensual freedom in “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”

by Rebecca Martin

December 1, 2022

During a time when women’s bodies are being used as a political agenda, it is so refreshing to see a film that elevates female sensuality through the lens of consent. This film is

Interviews

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‘Britt-Marie Was Here’ director Tuva Novotny shows us how a 63-year old woman can relate to everyone with or without a smile

by Rebecca Martin

September 26, 2019

It is a wonderful experience when you meet someone you connect with on a deep and creative level. I felt this connection with Swedish filmmaker and actor Tuva Novotny during

Film Editing, Interviews, TV

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Editor Erin Wolf on the artistic process of editing a TV show

by Rebecca Martin

April 15, 2019

Erin Wolf has worked on the TV shows "The Magicians," "You," and "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," and she also assistant edited Ethan Hawke's feature film "Blaze" and Nick Cannon's "King
"Strong Island" Essays, Trans Awareness Week

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A Poem for the Mother

by Jaylan Salah

February 25, 2019

Illustration by Tavi Veraldi A Poem for the Mother Who lost her son… In a car crash In a dog fight Amid the dust mines of recessed memories A poem for the

"Strong Island" Essays

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I can’t understand

by Amy Wasney

February 25, 2019

Both willingly and unwillingly, Yance and so many others have done so much emotional labor to tell us their stories and relive their trauma, all to reveal to us the
"Strong Island" Essays

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The burden of heartbreak

by Atavia Reed

February 25, 2019

When the lights in “Strong Island” (2017) begin to dim and the credits start to roll, the viewer is left with an echo of a scream ringing intensely in their

"Strong Island" Essays, Trans Awareness Week

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‘Strong Island’: documentary filmmaking as a coming-of-age tale

by Jaylan Salah

February 25, 2019

It’s always the women, the queer, and the blacks. They are the ones who tell stories. They are the ones who dig deep into their families’ histories. They are the

"Strong Island" Essays, Trans Awareness Week

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The contours of fear: a documentary elegy

by Marjorie H. Morgan

February 25, 2019

It is a pessimistic view of life in America, and for Yance Ford and millions of people who look like him, it is a daily reality: living with the fear

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