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SONEJUHI SINHA: THE AMERICAN DREAM?
Arriving in America from India, Stray Dolls follows Riz (Geetanjali Thapa) as she attempts to make an honest living as a motel...
KSENIA OKHAPKINA: HOW FREE ARE YOU AND ME?
Set in a former Russian labour camp, IMMORTAL observes various youth groups in the town of Apatity preparing for a national holiday;...
WORKERS / SISTERS
Sisters! opens in a way that many films end. On a visitor sign-in sheet a group of individuals write their name, time of arrival,...
MO SCARPELLI: FAIRY TALES FROM THE IN BETWEEN
Set in Addas Abba, Ethiopia, Anbessa tells the story of a boy named Asalif living on the periphery of a new collection of condos; on the...
How (Not) To Save The World
When I was small, having played the illustrious if questionably-costumed Planet Earth in a school play (let’s just say I’d made...
Delphine and Carole: Pioneering Video Activists
Delphine and Carole directed by Callisto Mc Nulty documents the pioneering French/Swiss feminist video collective Les Insoumuses (the...
CONSTRUCTING TEEN IDENTITY ON-SCREEN: THIRTEEN
In 2003, Catherine Hardwicke’s directorial debut had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Thirteen revels in the giddy highs...
CONSTRUCTING TEEN IDENTITY ON-SCREEN: ALL THIS PANIC
‘I was at the Metropolitan Museum with all my friends […] we all went into the temple of Dendrur and looked at all the hieroglyphics and...
FEMINISM AND THE CITY: CLEO FROM 5 TO 7
As an urban geographer my research and teaching is oriented around relationships between gender, sexualities and cities. My research...
The winter without men: a review of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite (2019)
“Some people just take the room they need, elbowing out intruders to take possession of a space. [...] The magic of authority, money,...
There's No Crying In Baseball
Well, actually, there is. Evelyn Garner (Betty Schram) comes off the field having made a mistake to then receive a tirade of abuse from...
“Does it suit me?” Doctor Who, Fandom, & Jodie Whittaker as the First Female Doctor
For the first time in the 55-year history of the British sci-fi show, “Dr. Who” is a woman. For the uninitiated, the show’s titular...
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