Sauvage (2018), directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet

I thought about walking out during the scene.  I didn’t watch but even the sounds were too much, like the gasps and moans of a small animal being abused and unable to escape. The negotiation of leaving and then guessing the right time to re-enter would be difficult so instead I cupped my hand over …

God’s Own Country (2017), directed Francis Lee

“Call Me by Your Name is a film about how bourgeois people are good at relaxing.” This is something R said to me, and I laughed and agreed because the middle class milieu is a central aspect of the film, an essence that permeates the setting, characters, interactions. In this sense, God’s Own Country (2017) …