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Inside Out 2012: ‘She Monkeys’ straddles the precarious equilibrium of genius and insanity

She Monkeys Directed by Lisa Aschan Written by Lisa Aschan and Josefine Adolfsson Sweden, 2011 Oscar Levant once said, “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity”. Perhaps Levant was a genius (or perhaps he was insane), but the truth within his aphorism is both pithy and well documented. In cinema, the most notable auteurs …

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Inside Out 2012: ‘Mosquita Y Mari’ is an essay on young love that unquestionably makes the grade

Mosquita Y Mari Written and directed by Aurora Guerrero USA, 2011 What can you say about teenagers? Ask a parent and they’ll likely say they haven’t a clue. Ask a teenager and they’ll likely say the same. Understanding them is a dissertation of its own and very few filmmakers have ever shown an adequate propensity …

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‘Tomboy’ mines difficult territory with remarkable sensitivity

Tomboy Written by Céline Sciamma Directed by Céline Sciamma France, 2011 Cannily appearing to de-politicize a thorny issue while actually keeping the ever-present conflicts intact, Céline Sciamma’s sophomore feature Tomboy sensibly and sensitively tackles transphobia and the rigidity of social constructs of sexuality through a carefully observed portrait of childhood awkwardness, suggesting that our greatest …

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Festival du Nouveau Cinéma: ‘Tomboy’ mines difficult territory with remarkable sensitivity

Tomboy Written by Céline Sciamma Directed by Céline Sciamma France, 2011 Cannily appearing to de-politicize a thorny issue while actually keeping the ever-present conflicts intact, Céline Sciamma’s sophomore feature Tomboy sensibly and sensitively tackles transphobia and the rigidity of social constructs of sexuality through a carefully observed portrait of childhood awkwardness, suggesting that our greatest …

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‘Tomboy’ – Building a compelling drama around what is described as “the story of a lie”

Tomboy Written and directed by Céline Sciamma 2011, France Gwyneth Paltrow sported a fake moustache in Shakespeare in Love and Hilary Swank stuffed a sock down her jeans for Boys Don’t Cry. For Laure, the young heroine of Tomboy, it’s a tub of Play-Doh that helps prolong her dream of being one of the boys …

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