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Remembering the fleet-footed delights of “Center Stage”

Center Stage
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Nicholas Hytner’s coming-of-age dance picture still holds a special place in the hearts of Milennial women twenty years on.

Megan Sunday Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020

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

And Then We Danced Levan Akin
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The director of the queer folk-dance drama talks about homophobia in Georgia and the long, protest-filled road to getting the movie released.

Clint Worthington Posted on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020

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

And Then We Danced
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Levan Akin’s grounded, richly textured Georgian love story brims with dance and forbidden romance.

Marshall Estes Posted on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020

Cats Review: A Little A Musical, As a Treat

Cats
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Tom Hooper adapts the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical into a Cronenbergian hellscape of trippy man-cats and the barest sliver of story.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 18, 2019December 18, 2019

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

CIFF Wild Sparrow And Then We Danced The Prince Knives Out
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Our penultimate CIFF dispatch breaks down Rian Johnson’s star-studded caper Knives Out, the Georgian queer drama And Then We Danced…, and more.

Matt Cipolla Posted on October 24, 2019July 2, 2020

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

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

Matt Cipolla Posted on October 17, 2019July 2, 2020

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

The White Crow
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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.

Matt Cipolla Posted on May 11, 2019July 2, 2020

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

SUSPIRIA (2018)
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Luca Guadagnino’s disturbing, cerebral remake of the Dario Argento giallo original is an ice-hot knife to the cerebellum, […]

Clint Worthington Posted on October 26, 2018August 2, 2020

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

Climax Gaspar Noé
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Gaspar Noe’s kaleidoscopic Cannes favorite gets a new trailer and poster promising all the Satanic dance mayhem the […]

Clint Worthington Posted on August 15, 2018January 28, 2019
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