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The Cinematic Language of Disability

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Mar 13, 2023 Teemu Nikki’s 2021 romantic thriller is equal parts visual experiment and riveting narrative. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Ant-Man’s Take on Policing Shows Arrested Development

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Feb 14, 2023 Marvel’s latest is a tonally jarring fantasy and hollow political allegory. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Liberating Lucha Libre

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Feb 10, 2023 A film review of the Sundance biopic bought by Amazon, "Cassandro," which sanitizes a harrowing tale of real-world homophobia in professional wrestling. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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The Sound of Silence On Screen

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jan 23, 2023 An experimental Sundance documentary that upends audio-visual conventions. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The Dissident’s Camera

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Dec 16, 2022 Jafar Panahi’s final film before his imprisonment is also his most self-reflexive. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Fathers, Daughters and Videotape

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Dec 8, 2022 “Aftersun” is anything but simple. Its moving tapestry of abstractions is the most precise and devastating piece of cinema this year. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A bikini clad woman with long blonde hair sits on a lounge chair smiling next to a shirtless blonde-haired man who looks perturbed with the ocean and the blue sky visible behind them.

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The Aesthetics of Capitalism, (Somewhat) Deconstructed

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Nov 17, 2022 “Triangle of Sadness” completes Östlund’s triptych about men and money, but with a looseness that feels like aloofness. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The First War On Protesters

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Nov 1, 2022 Siddhant Adlakha reviews a new documentary that examines the government’s Potemkin protests of the late 1960s. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Inflammatory ‘The Hunt’ Delivers Mere Sparks

By Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Mar 12, 2020 Reviled by the Far-Right and pulled from theaters last fall, the new thriller plays it safe while pitting red against blue. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The Best Truthdig Arts & Culture Stories of 2019

Truthdig Dec 26, 2019 Highlights include a unique take on "Joker," a powerful review of the 58th Venice Biennale and a probing interview with Errol Morris. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘1917’ Is a Cinematic Trip Through Hell

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Dec 24, 2019 Director Sam Mendes renders a memorable World War I mission in one gob-smacking edit. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Little Women’ for Millennials

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 23, 2019 How is it that a story written 150 years ago manages to speak to the many moments at which it’s been reimagined for moviegoers? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )