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Beauty standards are a palpable topic for exploring, particularly when they're about women in image-obsessed Hollywood. This is the setting for Coralie Fargeat's The Substance, a satirical and grotesque body horror that serves up its own version of warped feminism. The film focuses on Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), an ageing TV fitness instructor who was revered… Continue reading Film Review | The Substance
Ben Mullinkosson's The Last Year of Darkness is an intimate and vibrant documentary-exposé on nightlife subculture in Chengdu, China. The title, ostensibly, refers to the film's central nightclub, Funky Town, in which drag artists, DJs and outcasts gather to drink and smoke copiously. The Last Year of Darkness is a celebration of what happens when… Continue reading Film Review | The Last Year of Darkness
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