Or rather... Framing is everything, really. How you frame something, as an artist, will influence how the audience responds to your art. Historical period films are sometimes like looking through a small window. We get to see whatever the filmmaker chooses to present to us, and sometimes the rest of the scene is withheld from view. So how a historical figure or even...

Choice plays a huge role in Shoplifters. The family members at the center of this film have both real and perceived disadvantages in life. And the distinction between reality and perception is at times razor thin, just like the societal margins they occupy. They live life on a moment by moment basis, and their choices are informed by that sense of uncertainty and insecurit...