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Cannes Recap: The Independent’s Film Rankings
Unfortunately, our time at the Cannes Film Festival has come to a speedy close. Our four reporters at the festival…
Documentary
‘My Mom Jayne’ Review: Mariska Hargitay recounts Jayne Mansfield’s legacy and reveals long kept family secrets in feature directorial debut
CANNES — Actress Mariska Hargitay’s documentary “My Mom Jayne,” about her mother, legendary ’50s and ’60s actress Jayne Mansfield, debuted…
‘Trans Memoria’ Explores Womanhood, Belonging and Community Through a Raw Portrayal of Transness
“Will there be any hope in this film?”—a question that is spoken out loud in “Trans Memoria,” the brutally honest…
Kristina Kraskov’s First Feature Documentary ‘Spreadsheet Champions’ is a Moving Celebration of Nerds Everywhere
Of all the crowds I joined to watch a movie at South by Southwest this year, Kristina Kraskov’s debut feature…
DocLisboa Interview: “exergue” – on documenta 14
An ideologically charged documentary that clocks in at 14 hours about the contemporary art scene and the world’s most prestigious…
You can take filmmaker Silvia Del Carmen Castaños out of Laredo, but you can’t take Laredo out of Castaños
When filmmaker Silvia Del Carmen Castaños was younger, they’d make frequent walks across the Texas-Mexico border to visit their grandmother’s…
Review: The Essence of Boston’s Oldest Gay Bar is Captured in ‘Playland’
“Playland,” from director and screenwriter Georden West, premiered at the Wicked Queer Documentary Film Festival last month, intriguing an audience…
36th Connecticut LGBTQ+ Film Festival Shorts Program (Oct 6th to Oct 15th)
As of October 15th, OutFilm CT wrapped up its 36th Connecticut LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Hartford. Originally scheduled for June,…
Exploring Latinx Cinema: ‘You Were My First Boyfriend’ Takes CineFest Latinx Festival by Storm
The CineFest Latinx Festival, a longstanding tradition in Boston, returned this year with a dazzling array of thought-provoking and emotionally…