November 2022
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Movies of the Week #45-46 (2022)
Take Out (2004): One of Sean Baker’s early works (co-created with Shih-Ching Tsou), Take Out has many of the features we’ve grown to associate with the director – the amateur actors, the contained stories, the skepticism of the American dream. It’s a “simple” tale of a Chinese immigrant in the pre-digital delivery services era, shuffling… Read more
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Aftersun (2022): holding memories in film
Yoanna was blessed to be at the Berlin premiere of one of this year’s most captivating stories – Aftersun (2022), a movie by Charlotte Wells. Her thoughts on it are here for all of you to read and sensitively articulated to make me jealous. Read more
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Movies of the Week #43-44 (2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022): Martin McDonagh confirms his pedigree as one of the most consistent active directors, producing another remarkable piece of filmmaking. Starring his “usual” leads, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, this movie is one of the several themed around male friendship, a man’s (in)ability to connect and communicate. It’s also about grudges,… Read more
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