Contributor Lillian Crawford

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Review

An Easy Girl

by Lillian Crawford

This sun-bleached, Cannes-set romantic drama from director Rebecca Zlotowski is not to be missed.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Open City Documentary Festival announces its most inclusive line-up ever

by Lillian Crawford

Over half of the virtual 2020 edition is comprised of directors who identify as female or non-binary.
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Review

Pinocchio

by Lillian Crawford

Matteo Garrone’s live-action retelling of the classic Italian fairy tale is a dream come true.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

My Rembrandt

by Lillian Crawford

Dutch filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk examines the enduring appeal of the art world’s Old Masters.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Papicha

by Lillian Crawford

A group of young women come of age against the backdrop of civil war in Mounia Meddour’s vibrant, nuanced debut.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Again Once Again

by Lillian Crawford

Argentine actor and author Romina Paula turns director for this sublime mediation on middle age womanhood.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Queer Cinema

Netflix’s Disclosure is just the start for trans*-positive representation

by Lillian Crawford

Sam Feder’s latest documentary, on Hollywood’s harmful transgender stereotypes, is a great conversation starter – but we need to go further.
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Festivals

Is de-ageing technology the way forward for the time-spanning epic?

by Lillian Crawford

Two films at the San Sebastian Film Festival showcase a more old school way of depicting the bittersweet passage of time.
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Festivals

Zeroville – first look review

by Lillian Crawford

An intended orgy of cinephile pleasure translates as a misguided and misbegotten dud in James Franco’s long-delayed Hollywood satire.
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Review

Honeyland

by Lillian Crawford

An artful study of culture, poverty and ecology which focuses on an unlikely Macedonian bee keeper.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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