BFI LFF: Belgian Drama ‘Playground’ (Une Monde) Studies the Bullies
‘Playground’ (‘Une Monde’), winner of the Sutherland Award for Best First Film at BFI LFF 2021, approaches schoolyard bullies like a wildlife biologist.
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“Just Don’t Believe Truth” in John Cassavetes’ ‘Husbands’
The pugnacious characters in Cassavetes' Husbands couch their inauthenticity in bullying. For them, anger is more authentic than placidity, rage more authentic than sadness, cruelty more authentic than kindness.
A Message Carefully Wrapped and Sealed in a Ziploc Bag
Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being is an enormous step forward from her prior novels, taking on nothing less than the meaning of time itself.