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Author Archives: Justine Smith
Justine Smith is a freelance film writer based in Montreal, Quebec.
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A Former Cam Model Reveals How Desire Can Be Both Liberating and Confining
In her new memoir Camgirl, screenwriter Isa Mazzei joins the long tradition of women who use the personal to explore and deconstruct sex and culture.
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“It’s All Downhill from Here”: Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story
With his latest film, the director pays tribute to Ingmar Bergman’s epic Scenes from a Marriage, revealing the disconnect between the public face of marriage and the reality of joined private lives.
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The Filmmaking Collective That Let Women Talk Over Men
The documentary Delphine et Carole: Insoumuses looks at Les Insoumuses, the ’70s group founded by director Carole Roussopoulos, iconic actress Delphine Seyrig, and Simone de Beauvoir.
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The Ethics of Depicting Sexual Assault in Film
The 1979 Quebecois documentary Mourir à tue-tête (“A Scream from Silence”) is a valuable but too overlooked feminist film.
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Women Directors Take Risks in New Genre Shorts
The latest edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival continued its trend of elevating female filmmakers.
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The Passion and Process of David Hockney, Seen in a Restored Documentary
A new 4K restoration of Jack Hazan’s 1974 documentary A Bigger Splash brings us a look at the pop artist’s work, erotic imagination, and romantic turmoil.
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Is a Movie Autobiographical Just Because the Director Cast Himself and His Wife as the Leads?
Carlos Reygadas’s Our Time has drawn heavy speculation over the fact that he and his wife play a couple experiencing trouble with their open relationship. But this says more about the commentators than the film itself.
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Exploring a Film Critic’s Tastes Through the Movies She Loved — and Hated
On the centennial of Pauline Kael’s birth, the Quad Cinema is presenting Losing It at the Movies, a retrospective including both films that received her highest praise and those she viciously tore apart.
Posted inArt
The Nostalgic Melancholy of YouTube Urban Exploration Videos
Many channels have made popular videos about “scary” things like abandoned asylums or amusement parks. But there is a different trend which reveals the mundane decay of the suburbs.
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The Gospel According to Kanye and Aretha
The live stream of Kanye West’s Coachella “Sunday Service” and the restored Aretha Franklin concert film Amazing Grace offer contrasting portraits of celebrity faith.
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An Experimental Softcore Porn Series Is Revived in Japan
Last year, Nikkatsu rebooted its Roman Porno series with five new films, two of which are currently streaming on the platform Mubi.