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witch hunt (film: Wicker – Alex Huston Fischer & Eleanor Wilcon, 2026)

‘Wicker‘ is one of the most original and surprising films I have seen lately. The screenwriters and directors are a husband-and-wife filmmaking duo, Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, who have only a few films to their credit—either individually or … Continue reading →

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a different Cronenberg? (film: A Dangerous Method – David Cronenberg, 2011)

‘A Dangerous Method‘ (2011) was supposed to be a very different film from what David Cronenberg accustomed to his viewers for over three decades. The master of bizarre and violent in many special ways films, the creator of the body … Continue reading →

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Barbie on Wuthering Heights (film: Wuthering Heights – Emerald Fennell, 2026)

A few years ago, when I watched ‘Promising Young Woman’, the debut feature film of English actress and screenwriter Emerald Fennell, I set out to follow the career of this promising filmmaker, who with that film won an Academy Award … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare in Love … again (film: Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, 2025)

What is Chloé Zhao‘s true voice? When she describes American reality from the perspective of characters who are not very favored by fate, as she did in ‘The Rider’ and ‘Nomadland’? In superhero films like ‘Eternals’? Or now, when she … Continue reading →

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