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Issue 94: Forgiveness

April 2021

Violent Delights: On Saint Maud and The Terror of Devotion

Nicholas Russell·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
The mistake Maud makes, that many of us make, is to believe that our restlessness and impatience will yield some sort of sign that God is listening.
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When Forgiveness Isn’t An Option: M.F.A. (2017)

Mary Beth McAndrews·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
In Noelle’s search for justice, she slowly realizes that violent confrontation of those who have wronged you does not necessarily equate instant freedom.
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“That’s Hard for Me”: Adoption, Forgiveness, and Philomena

Joel Mayward·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
Every adoption story is unique, yet every adoptee shares a common quality to our stories of origin: our entrance into a family is not solely through birth but through choice, a choice made entirely outside of our control.
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Carrie Coon and Justin Thereoux in the series finale of The Leftovers | Art by Tony Stella

Why Wouldn’t I Believe You?

Sophia Stewart·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
The Leftovers makes two competing claims: that other people are mostly what gives life meaning; and that, despite guaranteed loss, we have to invest in them anyway. 
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The Meyerowitz Stories | Netflix

The Weight of Family

Marya Gates·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
I wasn’t ready for The Meyerowitz Stories when it was first released, just as I wasn’t ready for forgiveness—to ask for it or to bestow it.
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Patton Oswalt and Kevin Corrigan in Big Fan (2009) | FilmRise

An Unfortunate Misunderstanding

Adam Bonfanti·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
Big Fan's excursion into the psyche of an alienated sports fan now plays like a prophetic warning, anticipating a number of the more ruinous social pathologies that plague this country, from the incoherent angst of working-class white men to the epidemic of loneliness engulfing them.
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In A Lonely Place (1950) | Art by Tony Stella

An Artist’s Apology

Zoe Kurland·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place isn’t a whodunnit or a murder mystery. Rather, it’s the tale of a man who refuses to apologize for his bad behavior and the city that bends over backwards to excuse him anyways. 
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News from Home | Janus Films

Please Answer This Time

Jonathon Atkinson·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
Describing News from Home’s distinct quality of attention stumps me every time that I watch. But I would like to look at what’s before me in the way Akerman does, equanimous in the face of all that vacancy and rush.
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A scene from The Souvenir

Grief is the Point: On Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir 

Brianna Low·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
I return often to The Souvenir because what happened inside it happened to me, too. Its gift is that it hands those feelings back to me in a pure and unencumbered way.
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The Straight Story | art by Tony Stella

Abstract Tenderness

Ethan Warren·
Issue 94: Forgiveness
The Straight Story represents the Lynchian world redeemed, a pocket of America that battled dread and violence and won, earning its just reward.
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