Toujours Katie
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Katie Keener’s Coverage of the Calgary International Film Festival

Before You Know It Before You Know It is the debut feature film from the writing duo of Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock who both…

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Varda by Agnes
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Jeremy Robinson’s Coverage of the Calgary International Film Festival

One Day in The Life of Noah Piugattuk One Day in The Life of Noah Piugattuk begins with a startling opening shot of an arctic morning….

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Rafiki
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Cleveland International Film Festival Review: Rafiki

Rafiki is an absolute success. It premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival—notably as the first Kenyan film to ever be screened there—then subsequently vied…

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Cleveland International Film Festival: Slut in a Good Way

Slut in a Good Way is a sex-positive comedy with a feminine edge. Sophie Lorain, in her second directorial outing, celebrates the sexual cravings of…

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Cleveland International Film Festival: One Cut of the Dead

Shin’ichirô Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead is the funniest—and most endearing—zomcom I’ve seen in quite a while. Equal parts gory and sidesplitting, it’s a…

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