What’s amazing about high school-centric documentaries is that we all went through what the subjects are going through, so we already have this affinity towards them. Debbie Lum’s Try Harder! captures the life of seniors attending a top magnate public school in San Francisco as they prepare for the next step in their academic life.… Continue reading Sundance 2021: ‘Try Harder!’—An Electrifying Documentary that Captures the Life of Overachieving Students
Spoilers ahead. The World to Come is another white lesbian period film. After the success of Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the mixed reception of Ammonite, it seems this subgenre of LGBT romance found an audience that would constantly eat it up (including me!). Directed by Norwegian director Mona Fastvold, who co-wrote the… Continue reading Sundance 2021: ‘The World to Come’—Another White Lesbian Period Film
Welsh filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond’s debut Censor is an homage to the 80's and the infamous “video nasties” of the era in Thatcher’s Britain. Enid (Niamh Algar), a film censor, is a workaholic with a meticulous eye for detail. Her job is to protect British audiences from the ”nasties,” as some critics connect these films to… Continue reading Sundance 2021: ‘Censor’ is a Campy Gore Galore that Doesn’t Quite Find its Footing
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