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Jus’ Funnin: In praise of the Channing Tatum smirk

by David Jenkins

The man who is Mag­ic Mike pos­sess­es one of the most bril­liant act­ing pow­er moves on the block.
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Boys won’t be boys: How Magic Mike XXL denounces toxic masculinity

by Connor Lightbody

Gre­go­ry Jacobs’ sec­ond instal­ment in the Mag­ic Mike fran­chise is a les­son in self-accep­tance and fol­low­ing your dreams.
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In praise of Stories We Tell

by Cici Peng

Sarah Pol­ley’s inno­v­a­tive, heart­felt doc­u­men­tary about her moth­er is a thought­ful exer­cise in the mechan­ics of storytelling.
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Remembering Yoshida Kiju: a titan of Japanese cinema

by Marcus Iwama

The film­mak­er behind Blood Is Dry and Bit­ter End of a Sweet Night, who passed away at the end of 2022, was a found­ing mem­ber of the Japan­ese New Wave.
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Why I love Nina Hoss’ performance in Phoenix

by Jihane Bousfiha

Star­ring as a con­cen­tra­tion camp sur­vivor attempt­ing to rebuild her life in spite of con­sid­er­able chal­lenges, Hoss deliv­ers a cap­ti­vat­ing and entire­ly con­vinc­ing performance.
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How Bleeder was a landmark for Nicolas Winding Refn’s distinctive style

by Jonah Jeng

As Copen­hagen Cow­boy hits Net­flix, it’s a good time to revis­it NWR’s under­rat­ed sopho­more feature.
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The Old Rose scenes in Titanic are important, actually

by Yasmin Omar

As James Cameron’s gen­er­a­tion-defin­ing block­buster turns 25, it’s high time to recon­sid­er the nar­ra­tive val­ue of the film’s often-maligned fram­ing device.
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Why I love Cher’s performance in Moonstruck

by Sabrina Cooper

Down to Earth yet heav­en­ly, she’s sim­ply radi­ant in Nor­man Jewison’s eccen­tric roman­tic comedy.
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The non-binary subtext of Wolfwalkers

by Callie Petch

The twin jour­neys of Robyn and Mebh toward self-accep­tance reflect the real-life jour­ney of many queer and gen­der-non­con­form­ing peo­ple toward embrac­ing their identity.
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What Only Lovers Left Alive taught me about queer love

by Adela Teubner

Jim Jar­musch’s swoon­ing romance about two cen­turies-old vam­pires rep­re­sent­ed the love that I had been taught to believe was shameful.