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Spotlight: Costume Drama
This week, we present films with costumes that help create a deeper understanding of the filmic world and those who inhabit it. Whether set in the present, the past, or another realm altogether, these films feature garments that tell a story.
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Spotlight: Back to School
As the academic year begins for students around the globe, education looks different than it did just last year. Indulge in some nostalgia for what school used to be with these films from a pre-pandemic world.
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Spotlight: 77th Venice Festival
The 77th Venice International Film Festival is under way! In celebration of Italy's (and the world’s!) oldest film festival, we take a look back at Italian films that have won the festival's major awards, from the classics of Neorealism to the present.
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Spotlight: Summer Nostalgia
For many of us, unable to travel or gather with friends, it has felt like the year skipped directly from spring to fall. As the leaves start to change, we’ve compiled a selection of films that capture the essence of the season of summer.
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Spotlight: Anime Adventure
From heartwarming fantasies to futuristic thrillers, this anime selection explores worlds completely different from our own through relatable characters and themes. Feast your imagination on these films and series filled with magic and machinery, action and adventure, spells and science.
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Spotlight: The Great Indoors
As many of us continue to work and socialize from the comfort (?) of our own homes, we have compiled a list of films that take place almost entirely in a single location to remind us that adventure does not require a change of scenery.
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Spotlight: Lebanon
Lebanon is in our thoughts this week, after the explosion that took such a toll on its capital, Beirut. These 12 films capture something of the country’s struggle, its beauty, its gallows humor, its fury, its joie de vivre, its endurance.
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Spotlight: Reflecting Disability in Film
The past week marked thirty years since the United States passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To celebrate this anniversary, we have put together a selection of films from around the world which give some insight into the lives of people with various disabilities.
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Spotlight: Run for it!
With COVID-19 keeping us in our homes for an unprecedented period of time, we’ve compiled this list of films that capture the thrill of escape. Whether by train, tank, or submarine, or even just on foot -- it’s time to make your getaway.
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