Disarming Manhood, Raising Men: Toxic Masculinities in “Monos” and “Piranhas”
Wars do not quite simply claim lives — they also create new ones that are integral to their...
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Of Wars, Memories, and Fiction: The 9th Odessa International Film Festival
From Odessa’s side of the Black Sea, Crimea is about 300 km away. If you squint your eyes hard...
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Coming of and Grappling with Age: In Praise of Mike Mills’ “20th Century Women”
There’s a scene in Mike Mills’ memorably gorgeous 20th Century Women (2016) that I always come...
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Happy Birthday, “Mon Oncle”
My grandfather had beautiful, intelligent eyes, a pair of big lips, and a boxer’s nose. Long...
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“I Know Myself”: Falling in Love and Growing Up in “Call Me by Your Name”
The morning after his arrival in that place “somewhere in Northern Italy,” Oliver (Armie Hammer)...
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