The Reclamation of Jane Campion’s “In the Cut”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “In the Cut,” which premièred in 2003, is Jane Campion’s most ghettoized picture. The Australian director has been lauded for films such as “The Piano,” about motherhood and marriage, and “The…

The Pain of Travelling While Palestinian

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The first time I travelled outside of Gaza, I was twenty-seven years old. Growing up, I had always thought of “travel” as riding a taxi, bus, or bike within the borders…

Todd Solondz’s Unfulfilled Desires

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In May, I joined the director Todd Solondz for lunch at Union Square Café, the swank Manhattan bistro. The restaurant opened in 1985, the same year that Solondz dropped out of…