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Love in a Caste-less World in Romance Films ‘Origin’ and ‘Sairat’

Love in a Caste-less World in Romance Films ‘Origin’ and ‘Sairat’

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TIFF 2021: ‘Nobody Has to Know’ Prompts Self-Awareness

TIFF 2021: ‘Nobody Has to Know’ Prompts Self-Awareness

Director Bouli Lanners’ Nobody Has to Know, playing at TIFF 2021, is a tender love story that offers a respite from the pain of lost identity.

90 Years on ‘Olivia’ Remains a Classic of Lesbian Literature

90 Years on ‘Olivia’ Remains a Classic of Lesbian Literature

It's good that we have our happy LGBTQ stories today, but it's also important to appreciate and understand the daunting depths of feeling that a love repressed can produce. In Dorothy Strachey's case, it produced the masterful Olivia.

Indirect Reflections in Claude Autant-Lara’s Films During the Nazi Occupation of France

Indirect Reflections in Claude Autant-Lara’s Films During the Nazi Occupation of France

In these Nazi-era escapist films by Claude Autant-Lara, the idea of escape itself and the uncertainties of the fronts we display to others become more complicated than anyone would wish.

A Girl and Her Sword

A Girl and Her Sword

In Transistor, a woman lacking a voice and a man lacking a body manage to complete one another. It is a game of impotent men and potent swords.

Michel Haneke Explores a Different Kind of Cruelty in ‘Amour’

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