Anna Bogutskaya

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Article
Lady Gaga’s Undeniable Movie Stardom
Unlike many pop superstars-turned-actors, Lady Gaga has a commanding screen presence and captivates audiences with her magnetic star quality, says Anna Bogutskaya
12 Sep 2024

Sports Movie
How The Iron Claw Fits Into The Boy Melodrama Subgenre
Anna Bogutskaya considers the sports movies that are less about the sport in question, and more concerned with their competitors’ feelings and overcompensating masculinity: boy melodramas.
07 Feb 2024

Documentary Film
Patricia Highsmith’s Problematic Genius
As the new documentary Loving Highsmith offers only the briefest of nods to its subject’s history of racism and anti-semitism, Anna Bogutskaya asks: how can we celebrate talented artists without smoothing over their contradictions?
11 Apr 2023

Interview
Till Director Chinonye Chukwu on Reclaiming Black History
Chinonye Chukwu discusses the cultural responsibility of telling Mamie Till-Mobley's story, presenting Black women with humanity and refusing to show violence.
03 Jan 2023

Ruben Östlund
Ruben Östlund on Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund talks to Anna Bogutskaya about his sixth feature Triangle of Sadness, which earned him his second Palme d’Or at Cannes earlier this year.
15 Dec 2022

Aftersun
Festival Report: Cannes 2022
Anna Bogutskaya fills us in on the most talked-about titles on the Croisette, from the touching Paul Mescal drama Aftersun to the enlightening David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream.
30 May 2022