Emin Alper’s Trenchant Political Allegory
The title of Turkish writer-director Emin Alper’s Salvation (Kurtuluş) carries a bitter sting, pointing up how a perceived enemy threat…
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‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Review: A Chilean AIDS Allegory
At the Cannes Film Festival last year, there were not one but two genre-bending, metaphorical movies that revisited the deadly…
Angourie Rice in a Thin Mystical Allegory
“Steal Away” starts with intertitles that announce it as a tale of “two princesses.” The implied fairy tale trappings are…
Julia Ducournau’s Tortured AIDS Allegory
Judging by the sudden spike in high-concept AIDS allegories hitting the festival circuit, it must have been the shock of…