Face to face: Martine Sym’s firecracker feature debut, in theaters now, abounds in bold text, bolder colors, and wry humor to explore the construction of Black feminine identity
Mommy dearest: a host of titles from the recently wrapped TIFF explore the complexities of the modern family, including The Eternal Daughter, Saint Omer, So Much Tenderness, and more
Blue in the face: the best films at this year’s Locarno—like Helena Wittman’s Human Flowers of Flesh—invited contemplation rather than mere comprehension
Aesthetics and politics: a new reader from The Visible Press offers a bracing introduction to Afterimage's ever-curious, ever-relevant quest for the contours of a radical cinema
Seeing and speaking: No Master Territories, a new exhibit by Erika Balsom and Hila Peleg, grapples with both the omissions and the abundances of feminist nonfiction filmmaking
The age of gold: a new series spotlights the brave new filmmaking of 1962, '63, and '64, after the wane of the studio era and before the rise of New Hollywood
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