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Pandora’s Box Unleashes a Universe of Male Oppression
Newly restored, G.W. Pabst’s 1929 film provides a bleak, unsettling account of a showgirl’s ruin at the greedy hands of competing male suitors.
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Sundance Documentaries Pay Tribute to Female Trailblazers
This year’s Sundance Film Festival offered an array of documentaries spanning cultural vantages and historic eras, about women who span the globe.
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The Surreal Realism of Buñuel’s Mexican Films
Luis Buñuel believed that surreal moments were necessary to achieve a true documentary style, as they reflect the fantastical, mysterious nature of everyday reality.
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New LA Festival Centers Local Filmmakers of Color
Crenshaw Dairy Mart's inaugural film festival this weekend features documentaries, music videos, works in progress, and more.
Books
The Writer Who Made Films to “Get Out of the House”
A new book traces the development of Marguerite Duras, one of the 20th century’s greatest cinematic minds.
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Once Upon a Time in Brighton Beach
Two recently restored films by women directors offer differing snapshots of America of the 1970s and ’80s.
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Trolley Times Captures a Collective Roar for Food and Truth
Gurvinder Singh’s film artfully chronicles a movement in protest of India’s debilitating farm acts.
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In Four Daughters, Women’s Narratives Prevail
Kaouther Ben Hania’s feature film blurs the distance between the personal and cultural, individual and systemic.
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Highlights From Canada’s Middle East and North Africa Film Festival
Opening this Saturday, the event will screen five feature films and 37 shorts representing 22 countries and regions.
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Video Essays to Beat the January Blues
With new movies, shows, and such coming at a slow pace in January, here are some engaging video essays to keep you busy.
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This Is Not How You Make a Doc About AI
Two Sundance films ask all the wrong questions about artificial intelligence technology and its attendant issues.
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At Sundance, Hundreds of Film Workers Unite for Palestine
Sky Hopinka, Susan Sarandon, and Ken Loach are among the signatories of a letter urging festival participants to raise awareness of Israel’s attacks on Palestinians.