Tag: dance

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September 16, 2023

TIFF 2023 Dispatch: Stop Making Sense, Swan Song & more

The rerelease of Talking Heads' iconic concert film is a delight for even casual fans.
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May 12, 2020

Remembering the fleet-footed delights of “Center Stage”

Nicholas Hytner's coming-of-age dance picture still holds a special place in the hearts of Milennial women twenty years on.
And Then We Danced Levan AkinL
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February 10, 2020

Levan Akin on the Queer Visibility of “And Then We Danced”

The director of the queer folk-dance drama talks about homophobia in Georgia and the long, protest-filled road to getting the movie released.
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February 6, 2020

“And Then We Danced” Has Georgia (And Queer Love) On Its Mind

Levan Akin's grounded, richly textured Georgian love story brims with dance and forbidden romance.
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December 18, 2019

Cats Review: A Little A Musical, As a Treat

Tom Hooper adapts the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical into a Cronenbergian hellscape of trippy man-cats and the barest sliver of story.
CIFF Wild Sparrow And Then We Danced The Prince Knives OutC
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October 24, 2019

CIFF 10/23: “Wild Sparrow”, “And Then We Danced”, “Knives Out” & More

Our penultimate CIFF dispatch breaks down Rian Johnson's star-studded caper Knives Out, the Georgian queer drama And Then We Danced..., and more.
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October 17, 2019

CIFF Dispatch 10/16: “Sole”, “Cunningham”, “Fire Will Come”

Our first dispatch of the Chicago International Film Festival highlights Polish drama Sole, 3D dance doc Cunningham, and the experiential Fire Will Come.
The White CrowT
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May 11, 2019

The White Crow Review: Lots of Technique, But Not Enough Purpose

Ralph Fiennes' tale of real-life Russian dancer and defector Rudolph Nureyev is stylish enough but fails to slip deeply into its' characters ballet flats.
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October 26, 2018

Suspiria (2018) Review: A Bone-Chilling Descent Into Existential Horror

Luca Guadagnino’s disturbing, cerebral remake of the Dario Argento giallo original is an ice-hot knife to the cerebellum, its scares shrouded in terrifying mystique. This..
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August 15, 2018

The Trailer for Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ Does the Danse Macabre: Watch

Gaspar Noe’s kaleidoscopic Cannes favorite gets a new trailer and poster promising all the Satanic dance mayhem the French provocateur can muster. This piece was..