Short and snappy for you today. A tight interview, a review of a less than brilliant film, and a review of a pretty good one. [spacer height=”20px”] Lady Macbeth [spacer height=”20px”] An Interview: Houda Benyamina [spacer height=”20px”] Layla M. [spacer height=”20px”]
Read MoreOfficial Competition Layla M. is a hard-hitting, incisive drama about a Dutch teenager’s growing relationship with religious extremism. Our protagonist, Layla, born and raised in Amsterdam, begins the film still attending school and living with her parents. On a seemingly day-to-day basis, Layla witnesses, and is victim to, a fairly systematic infringement of religious rights…
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