Category: International
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This unapologetically sexual coming-of-age tale set in early 2000s Mexico is guaranteed to turn you on and tug on your heartstrings. In August 2017, I went on a road trip through New Mexico and Arizona with my sister, my Nana, and two cousins. We visited Monument Valley and stopped by the Grand Canyon. We danced…
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At a 4K Restoration at the SBIFF Riviera Theater, Masayuki Suo’s tale of a businessman learning ballroom dancing is as timeless as ever. In one pivotal scene from Masayuki Suo’s Shall We Dance? (1996), successful Japanese businessman Shohei Sugiyama dances alone underneath a bridge, while the private investigators his wife hired to follow him look…
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Dante Remus Lazarescu, a loner alcoholic living with dozens of cats, finds himself dealing with a number of ailments, which show no signs of getting better. After his neighbors recognize how serious his condition is, they call an ambulance, which takes him to the nearest hospital. However, due to a major bus crash with a…
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After witnessing her son get arrested at a pro-democracy rally in East Germany, single mother Christiane has a near-fatal heart attack that puts her in a coma for the forseeable future. As she sleeps, her children witness the fall of the Berlin Wall and the gradual Westernization of the German Democratic Republic, leading to a…
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