Rebecca Liu

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Rebecca Liu on 'Barbie'
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Rebecca Liu on 'Barbie'

Rebecca Liu on Maria Schrader's She Said
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Rebecca Liu on Maria Schrader's She Said

Rebecca Liu on Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Lost Daughter'
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Rebecca Liu on Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Lost Daughter'

Rebecca Liu on Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog'
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Rebecca Liu on Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog'

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"Yes, girls, we love your corpses": Emerald Fennell's 'Promising Young Woman'

Layers of Reality: Zheng Lu Xinyuan's 'The Cloud in her Room'
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Layers of Reality: Zheng Lu Xinyuan's 'The Cloud in her Room'

Cao Fei’s 'Blueprints' finds freedom in fantasy
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Cao Fei’s 'Blueprints' finds freedom in fantasy

Mr Zuckerberg, Tear Down My Wall
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Mr Zuckerberg, Tear Down My Wall

A Hellish Commons: Bong Joon-ho’s 'Parasite'
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A Hellish Commons: Bong Joon-ho’s 'Parasite'

Elizabeth Banks’s 'Charlie’s Angels' and the death of early millennial camp
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Elizabeth Banks’s 'Charlie’s Angels' and the death of early millennial camp

Who gets to be ‘the people’? Astra Taylor’s 'What Is Democracy?' and Gabrielle Brady’s 'Island of the Hungry Ghosts'
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Who gets to be ‘the people’? Astra Taylor’s 'What Is Democracy?' and Gabrielle Brady’s 'Island of the Hungry Ghosts'

Lorene Scafaria’s 'Hustlers' and the Anatomy of the Scam
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Lorene Scafaria’s 'Hustlers' and the Anatomy of the Scam

A Magnificent Filial Debt: Love and Family in Lulu Wang’s 'The Farewell'
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A Magnificent Filial Debt: Love and Family in Lulu Wang’s 'The Farewell'

Finding freedom in Sturla Pilskog and Sidse Torstholm Larsen’s 'Winter’s Yearning' —Open City Docs
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Finding freedom in Sturla Pilskog and Sidse Torstholm Larsen’s 'Winter’s Yearning' —Open City Docs

The Making of a Millennial Woman
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The Making of a Millennial Woman

Aude Léa Rapin’s 'Les héros ne meurent jamais' ('Heroes don’t die') takes on the ethics of the documentary film – Cannes
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Aude Léa Rapin’s 'Les héros ne meurent jamais' ('Heroes don’t die') takes on the ethics of the documentary film – Cannes

Rebecca Zlotowski’s 'Une fille facile' ('An Easy Girl') takes on the cliché of the woman of leisure – Cannes
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Rebecca Zlotowski’s 'Une fille facile' ('An Easy Girl') takes on the cliché of the woman of leisure – Cannes

Monia Chokri’s 'La femme de mon frère' ('A Brother’s Love') ventures beyond the hellscape of the self – Cannes
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Monia Chokri’s 'La femme de mon frère' ('A Brother’s Love') ventures beyond the hellscape of the self – Cannes

De-fetishising the Commodity: Xiaolu Guo’s 'Five Men and a Caravaggio'
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De-fetishising the Commodity: Xiaolu Guo’s 'Five Men and a Caravaggio'

On Necessary and Unnecessary Love in Karyn Kusama’s 'Destroyer'
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On Necessary and Unnecessary Love in Karyn Kusama’s 'Destroyer'

Finding Your Rage: On Club des Femmes’ ‘Revolt, She Said’ Programme
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Finding Your Rage: On Club des Femmes’ ‘Revolt, She Said’ Programme

Super-ego, super-charged: Luca Guadagnino’s 'Suspiria'
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Super-ego, super-charged: Luca Guadagnino’s 'Suspiria'

Bare life, corrupt elites and surviving in today’s America: On Steve McQueen’s 'Widows'
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Bare life, corrupt elites and surviving in today’s America: On Steve McQueen’s 'Widows'

On 'Crazy Rich Asians', crazy rich Asia, and capitalism in the time of postcolonial love
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On 'Crazy Rich Asians', crazy rich Asia, and capitalism in the time of postcolonial love

Of Broken Bones and Ecstatic Dreams: On Chloé Zhao’s 'The Rider'
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Of Broken Bones and Ecstatic Dreams: On Chloé Zhao’s 'The Rider'

In praise of teenage self-disgust: 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'
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In praise of teenage self-disgust: 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'

Suffering and the Limits of Criticism: Jenny Lu's 'The Receptionist'
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Suffering and the Limits of Criticism: Jenny Lu's 'The Receptionist'

'Ocean’s 8', Anna Delvey, and our love for the woman who wants to own the world
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'Ocean’s 8', Anna Delvey, and our love for the woman who wants to own the world

Men will never save you: On Coralie Fargeat’s 'Revenge'
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Men will never save you: On Coralie Fargeat’s 'Revenge'

Lean on Pete, the anti-Odyssean epic
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Lean on Pete, the anti-Odyssean epic

The Provincialism of the White Hipster: On Wes Anderson’s 'Isle of Dogs'
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The Provincialism of the White Hipster: On Wes Anderson’s 'Isle of Dogs'

BERLINALE – The Debt of a Mother’s Love: On Yang Mingming's 'Girls Always Happy'
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BERLINALE – The Debt of a Mother’s Love: On Yang Mingming's 'Girls Always Happy'

Of River Gods and Women: Guillermo Del Toro's 'The Shape of Water'
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Of River Gods and Women: Guillermo Del Toro's 'The Shape of Water'

On Andrey Zvyagintsev's 'Loveless' and the casual cruelty of modern love
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On Andrey Zvyagintsev's 'Loveless' and the casual cruelty of modern love

Beauty is truth: on Alain Gomis’s 'Félicité'
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Beauty is truth: on Alain Gomis’s 'Félicité'

Mischief in the Magic Castle: On Sean Baker’s 'The Florida Project'
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Mischief in the Magic Castle: On Sean Baker’s 'The Florida Project'