Miranda July sees the world askew. In her work as a writer, filmmaker and visual artist, she peeks behind exterior lives to look at the secret inner world. Though often unsettling, her work emboldens the meek and celebrates the weird. Preceded by her award-winning short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You (2007),…
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Walking down the cinema-separating corridor of the Nova last week I had a Yesva moment. All but two of the posters brightening the space featured women. One of those that didn’t was George Clooney star vehicle The Descendants, which may be my movie of the year. Not in the ‘I’ve seen it and it’s awesome’…
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Watching The Future seems to be a similar experience to that of watching a friend’s student theatre or modern dance performance. You squirm awkwardly in your seat, wanting to think something nice about it, then they bound over enthusiastically to you at the end and the only words you can manage are, “that was, um,…
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