Tag: MUBI
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The Year of Relationships: 2025 Movies That Get Love Right (and Wrong)
Where do we, as a society, currently stand when it comes to relationships? Dating? Commitment? The landscape has shifted so dramatically that it sometimes feels like we’re living in an entirely new emotional era. The openness of relationships has expanded far beyond where it once was—breaking away from antiquated, traditional notions and allowing people to…
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The Age of Outrage: Cancel Culture, Social Media, and Cinema’s Search for Accountability
This year alone has brought an assortment of films reflecting the political and social climates of both the world at large and the United States in particular. While the deeper analysis of that collective will be tabled for now, one thing has become clear: the relevancy of films capturing the essence—or at least the proximity—of…
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Shepherding Through Trauma: The Wounds of Bring Them Down
Bring Them Down Directed by: Chris Andrews Starring: Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan Hillside views, spray-painted sheep, and decapitated heads only scratch the surface of what Bring Them Down explores in its story. Michael O’Shea (Christopher Abbott) portrays a sheep farmer who, alongside his father, Ray (Colm Meaney), is forced into a psychological battle with their hillside…
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