#Building a Better Backlot in the Baltics

#Building a Better Backlot in the Baltics

Building a Better Backlot in the Baltics Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the three nations that stretch along the Baltic Sea coast, jammed in between Poland to the south and Finland across the water to the north, are barely the size of Missouri and, with a combined citizenry of 6.2 million, rank up there with Denmark in…

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#‘Reality’ Review: Sydney Sweeney Is Devastating as Reality Winner in Taut Thriller Shaped from FBI Transcript

#‘Reality’ Review: Sydney Sweeney Is Devastating as Reality Winner in Taut Thriller Shaped from FBI Transcript

‘Reality’ Review: Sydney Sweeney Is Devastating as Reality Winner in Taut Thriller Shaped from FBI Transcript Playwright Tina Satter’s Is This a Room is one of the more anomalous standouts of recent New York theater seasons. A 65-minute verbatim docudrama molded entirely out of FBI interrogation transcripts leading to the arrest of NSA whistle-blower Reality…

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#‘Manodrome’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody in Overwrought Toxic Masculinity Thriller

#‘Manodrome’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody in Overwrought Toxic Masculinity Thriller

‘Manodrome’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody in Overwrought Toxic Masculinity Thriller John Trengove’s searing 2017 debut, The Wound, explored the complex world of Xhosa masculinity via adolescent initiation rites that exposed thorny conflicts of sexuality and personal identity. The protagonist of the South African writer-director’s first English-language feature, Manodrome — played by a febrile…

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#Berlin: Toxic Masculinity Themes in Jesse Eisenberg Thriller ‘Manodrome’ Precede Andrew Tate, Says Director

#Berlin: Toxic Masculinity Themes in Jesse Eisenberg Thriller ‘Manodrome’ Precede Andrew Tate, Says Director

Berlin: Toxic Masculinity Themes in Jesse Eisenberg Thriller ‘Manodrome’ Precede Andrew Tate, Says Director Given recent news about self-described misogynist and TikTok star Andrew Tate — currently being detained in Romania and being investigated over allegations of human trafficking, rape and organized crime offenses — many might assume that Manodrome, the Berlinale competition entry starring…

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