Last year we asked some of our favorite moviemakers, film critics and more for their summer reading recommendations. And while…
Part documentary, part narrative feature, part research project, part autofiction, Romanian writer/director Adina Pintilie's Touch Me Not rests comfortably on the boundary…
Conceived to forge men via traditional practices, the rite of passage in South Africa’s Xhosa community is grounded on the…
For most directors, time is both a currency and a boundary that forces them to adapt their storytelling ambitions to…
As of 2016, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, which inducts 25 new titles each year “showcasing…
Victims of social structures that dilute their idealized notions of reality, the characters in director Stéphane Brizé’s humanistic dramas are often…
Patriarchal societies—by definition—hinder the development of women’s abilities in roles outside of homemaking and providing care. In the most extreme…
Words are empowering. Communication of one’s complex thoughts, strong opinions and numbing sorrows enables us to bond with others undergoing…