‘I was trying to understand who I was by looking to another generation’: Marcelo Caetano on ‘Baby’
PINK SCREENS 2025: The Brazilian director shares his thoughts on creating cinema as a testament to life, found family, and the city of São Paulo.
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‘This is feminist, this isn’t fantastical’: Annapurna Sriram on ‘Fucktoys’
KVIFF 2025: We spoke with the Nashville-born filmmaker about the worldbuilding in Trashtown, USA, and rejecting the expectation of what a feminist film and a critique of capitalism need to look like.
Soft Boys, Sharp Corners: ‘Some Nights I Feel Like Walking’ (2024) by Petersen Vargas
XPOSED 2025: The Filipino director’s newest feature shoots Manila all aglow with neon light in a story of a group of young male sex workers who come together after tragedy, all over the course of one night.
Sex Work, Yassified and Empowered: ‘Fucktoys’ (2025) by Annapurna Sriram
SXSW 2025: In her self-described “bubblegum grindhouse” feature, the Nashville-born actor turned writer-director creates a stylistically compelling, even if at times slightly too plotless, sex work-cum-road movie comedy.