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Ham on Rye
Ham on Rye is less satire of coming-of-age teen dramas, more comprehensive re-rendering. As well as negotiating the…
By Joseph OwenLocarno Film Festival
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“Motherhood is a very complex human event that society always tries to simplify”: Director Maura Delpero on Maternal
Maternal is the debut feature from Italian director Maura Delpero. It is being screened in competition at this…
By Joseph Owen
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7500 press conference with director Patrick Vollrath, Joseph Gorden-Levitt and co-stars
Joseph Gordon-Levitt delivered a thinly veiled rebuke to Donald Trump at Locarno Film Festival. Gordon-Levitt described how 7500,…
By Joseph Owen
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7500
7500 – it’s not good news when air traffic control hears those numbers. The frantic utterance of digits…
By Joseph Owen
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Space Dogs
Disclaimer: many animals were harmed during the making of this film. A tonic – if that’s the right…
By Joseph Owen
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“We were interested in family relationships and dynamics between female friendships”: Greener Grass press conference with directors and stars Dawn Luebbe and Jocelyn DeBoer
“They’re attached at the hip. They’re like a two-headed monster.” So said the producer of Jocelyn DeBoer and…
By Joseph Owen
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Maternal
How we relish the agony of mothers. The origins are biblical. Mary witnesses her son’s removal from the…
By Joseph Owen
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Greener Grass
Highly derivative and very funny, Greener Grass is a caricature of and homage to wealthy middle-class suburbia, one…
By Joseph Owen
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If Only (Magari)
For children, the idea of “magari” is one of possibility, speculation and fantasy. If only parents stayed together;…
By Joseph Owen
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Trot (Trote)
This is a cold, uninvolving film that indulges in banal images and obvious metaphors. Conflict and imprisonment appear…
By Joseph Owen