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Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Bitter Christmas review grief, loss and artistic betrayal in Almodovar's film within a film

A Christmas-set Almodóvar film blends noir melodrama and metafiction to examine grief, art’s vampirism, and betrayal in using real people for fiction.
Independent films
fromIndieWire
1 week ago

'Bitter Christmas' Review: Almodovar Returns with a Fun and Twisty Meta-Drama

A filmmaker’s life becomes inseparable from his art, and drawing inspiration from people around him brings severe personal costs.
Books
fromIndependent
8 months ago

Patricia Lockwood: 'I was in a long Covid fog promoting my last novel. I did it all completely mad'

Patricia Lockwood's novel includes metatextual interview scenes and fictionalises a public moment when she experienced long Covid-induced mania.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Bloody Awful in Different Ways by Andrev Walden review darkly funny Swedish autofiction

Andrev's childhood is a series of tumultuous experiences with seven fathers, marked by disappointment and violence.
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