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US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

This Year's Most Terrifying Best Picture Contender Is Part Thriller, Part Urgent Message Movie

A House of Dynamite presents a hyperrealistic, documentary-styled political procedural portraying tense nuclear crisis decision-making that feels retro compared with contemporary American political realities.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

If something goes wrong in childbirth, how will I know?' The unflinching film about parenting with deafness

Almost immediately, the Spanish director knew the film needed a labour scene. For all the women, giving birth had been a very traumatic event, she says. She heard stories about women in labour not being informed of procedures, or having their hearing partners removed from the room, depriving them of an interpreter as well as support. I left out some of the most difficult experiences. Her film gives us a frighteningly realistic birth scene.
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