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MOTHERLAND, FATHER TONGUE
ARTICLE
Colm Bairéad reflects on his childhood in Ireland, on growing up with the language and how these two things converged in him as a filmmaker, resulting in a remarkable and moving Irish-language debut in The Quiet Girl.
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VORTEX REVIEW: GASPAR NOÉ’S SURPRISINGLY RESTRAINED DEMENTIA DRAMA
REVIEW
The enfant terrible of the New French Extremity departs from his signature style to offer an unexpectedly tender exploration of an elderly woman’s memory loss.
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IMAGES SPEAK VOLUMES: HOW INTERIORITY IS RENDERED IN THE QUIET GIRL
DEEP FOCUS
Jake Abatan considers how Kate McCullough’s cinematography allows the audience to perceive the world through the eyes of a shy young girl called Cáit in Colm Bairéad’s incredible debut film The Quiet Girl.
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MUSIC AS A FORM OF EMPOWERMENT
ARTICLE
Music empowerment activist Jane Oriel explores the parallels behind the youth centre at the heart of Nabil Ayouch's Casablanca Beats and the work being done in UK communities to align a dynamic hip-hop culture with social programmes.
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BLISTERS, BURNOUT & BRUTAL TRAINING: WHAT THE NOVICE GETS RIGHT ABOUT COLLEGE ROWING
ARTICLE
Former university rower Yasmin Omar analyses how Lauren Hadaway’s compelling sports thriller deeply understands the pressures and pains of student athleticism.
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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2022 JURY LINEUP
FILM FESTIVAL FOCUS
Both Sides of the Blade star Vincent Lindon presides over an all-star international jury for the main competition.
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HOW CASABLANCA BEATS USES HIP-HOP AND ITS HISTORY TO INSPIRE
IN THE MIX
Kaleem Aftab explores why hip-hop is such an effective tool for self-expression in Nabil Ayouch’s Casablanca Beats, and how this genre of cinema can be so affecting.
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A FINE BROMANCE: MALE CAMARADERIE IN THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
ARTICLE
Anna Bogutskaya argues that, much like Judd Apatow’s ‘frat pack’ comedies, the central bromance forms the beating heart of Nicolas Cage’s uproarious meta-comedy.
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PRO-CHOICE: THE FILMS FIGHTING FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
ARTICLE
Emily Maskell analyses the compassionate, female-directed abortion dramas Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Ninjababy and Happening, which all show their progressive politics through intimate, character-driven stories.
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HAPPENING REVIEW: AN URGENT, UNFLINCHING ABORTION DRAMA
REVIEW
Yasmin Omar reviews Audrey Diwan’s spare, hard-hitting abortion drama Happening.
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