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A Love Song and Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Beautiful Beings (Country: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czechia; Year: 2022; Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Writer: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Stars: Sunna Líf Arnarsdóttir, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Anita Briem, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir, Aðalbjörg Emma Hafsteinsdóttir, Blær Hinriksson, Kristín Ísold Jóhannesdóttir, Kamilla Guðrún Lowen, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson)
A teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, adopts a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits.
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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Nina Menkes; Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi, Catherine Hardwicke, Joey Soloway, Eliza Hittman, Julie Dash, Ita O'Brien, Maria Giese, Nina Menkes, Nancy Schreiber, Amy Ziering, Lara Dale, Freddy D. Ramsey Jr., Sandra de Castro Buffington)
Based on Nina Menkes' acclaimed talk "Sex & Power: The Visual Language of Cinema", a mesmerising journey into how shot design intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women.
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Klondike (Country: Ukraine, Turkey; Year: 2022; Director: Maryna Er Gorbach; Writer: Maryna Er Gorbach; Stars: Evgeniy Efremov, Oleg Shcherbina, Oksana Cherkashyna, Oleg Shevchuk, Artur Aramyan)
The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia - Ukraine during the start of war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after, they find themselves at the center of an air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.
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A Love Song (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Max Walker-Silverman; Writer: Max Walker-Silverman; Stars: Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, John Way, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, Marty Grace Dennis, Felipe Jorge)
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains. A love story for those who are alone.
Full Review See: Taking the lead - Dale Dickey on stepping into the spotlight in A Love Song
, A Love Song to Colorado: Max Walker-Silverman on his debut film
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