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Leïla Slimani on the Subversive Darkness of Female Desire

I had previously viewed recorded interviews with Leïla Slimani, and she seemed to value her privacy, choosing not to divulge too many personal details to her interviewers. In one…

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Pedro Costa on Exorcism, Appearance and Love Letters

In the sumptuous darkness of night on the outskirts of Lisbon, people walk together in a procession. Bodies carry crosses and depictions of saints above their heads.

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João Pedro Rodrigues on Birds, Maps, Saints, and Kings

As a teenager, I was obsessed with movies. It was the mid-’90s, and I was stranded in a small town. Movies provided my only real access to sex ,…

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