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"War can cause wounds which pierce deeper than mere flesh, a point which director Kantemir Balagov drives home with visceral force in this unsettling post WWII drama. Set in a ravaged Leningrad of broken facades and peeling walls the story revolve..." Permalink

"As the title suggests, this may not have been love, exactly, so what was it then? A calculated gambit to stay alive? A unique twist on Stockholm Syndrome? A lopsided passion that sprang from one party's fear and the other's guilt? Using grainy..." Permalink

"Kelly Barnhill's novel, When Women Were Dragons explores the often soul-crushing struggles, all-encompassing suppressed rage, and all-too rare transcendent joy women have experience throughout human history. In an allegorical alternative history, ..." Permalink