Marya E. Gates is a journalist who writes for various publications including the ROGER & CHAZ EBERT FOUNDATION, IndieWire, and Yahoo News UK. Her work focuses on film and she often highlights female filmmakers and their contributions to the industry. Marya's articles offer insightful reviews, interviews, and analysis of movies, showcasing her passion for cinema.
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Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland has spent most of her career pushing artistic and political boundaries.
By: Marya E. Gates
The actor, who is receiving the President's Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, talks returning to the director's chair and starring in Armando Iannucci's upcoming superhero satire.
A model student, 16-year-old Mira (Preeti Panigrahi in a radiant debut performance) is the first-ever female prefect in charge of enforcing rules at a straitlaced Indian boarding school in the Himalayas. Despite her ambition and primness, she can’t help but fall for new student Sri (Kesav Binoy Kiron), and steals away with him to flirt and stargaze. With frankness and sensitivity, writer-director Shuchi Talati uncovers the contradictory layers of Mira’s sexual awakening, the complicated feelings triggered in her protective, unfulfilled mother, and the school’s lax penalties for boys’ transgressive behavior. Winner of two prizes at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival: the World Cinema Drama Audience Award and a Special Jury Award for Acting for Panigrahi.
I don't remember a time in my life where I wasn't aware of who Richard Simmons was. As a child of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the flamboyant fitness guru, who
"What would you say if your daughter told you her boyfriend pushed her down the stairs but it's okay because really it was just an accident?"
By: Marya E. Gates
The inspiring, heartfelt, and profound documentary " Daughters " swept this year's Sundance Film Festival, winning both the Audience Award for U.S.
By: Marya E. Gates
The director and author talk about adapting the novel to the screen, bringing Earl’s diner to life, and what it takes to recreate the emotional chaos leading up to Y2K.
By: Marya E. Gates
“Every human being is a universe within themselves floating about in eternal darkness, aimless, lonely . . so lonely. Or maybe it's just me”
In 2006 writer-director Dito Montiel broke out with the autobiographical “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” ushering in a raw new voice.
In my final dispatch from this year's Toronto International Film Festival, I watched three films about families in crisis.
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