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2 days ago10 Must-See AFI Fest Movies as Chosen by the Programmers, from the Audacious 'Yes' to Josh O'Connor in 'Rebuilding'
I'm a bit of a bird nerd, so the hawk part is what first piqued my interest in this adaptation of Helen Macdonald's award-winning memoir about keeping a goshawk during the grieving process following the loss of her father. What surprised me was how much I responded to this sensitive and artful examination of grief, and how the work of training, caring for, and controlling the bird, seemingly a 24/7 undertaking, works as both a method-to-the-madness therapy and a poetic metaphor.
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