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Inside TGirlsOnFilm: An archive for the future of Trans cinema

by Xoey Fourr

A quick-witted one-woman programming collective offers sisterly guidance for audiences traversing the complicated, misunderstood history of Trans femme narratives in film.

In Praise Of

Was Crumb right?

by Soham Gadre

As Terry Zwigoff’s documentary about the stubbornly underground comic artist Robert Crumb turns 30, we consider his scepticism regarding the intersection of art and capitalism.

Acting Up

The quiet intensity of Lee Kang Sheng’s gaze

by Terry Nguyen

Through his collaborations with Tsai Ming Liang and new work with Constance Tsang and Yeo Siew Hua, Lee Kang Sheng has created a remarkable body of work.

Review

Thunderbolts* review – the best Marvel film in a while

by Fatima Sheriff

There’s a lot of superficial fun to be had with this superhero romp, which hasn’t been the case in the MCU for a long while.

Psychlo killer: Battlefield Earth 25 years on

by Liam Murphy

Scientology’s spectacular flop went down in history for all the wrong reasons. A quarter-century on, what went wrong?

Review

Until Dawn review – an insulting parade of tedium

by Esther Rosenfield

David F Sandberg’s tangentially related adaptation of Supermassive Games’ horror hit forgets what made its video game source material so great.

Pretend it’s a video game: How films emulate gaming mechanics

by Daniel Schindel

As a (very loose) adaptation of Until Dawn hits cinemas, it’s worth investigating the successful – and unsuccessful – attempts to explore what it feels like to play a video game on the big screen.

Podcast

Julie Keeps Quiet + Leonardo Van Dijl | April | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss power dynamics at play in Julie Keeps Quiet and spoke to its director Leonardo Van Dijl. We also review the abortion drama April and its predecessor, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.