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“His decision to set boundaries sends Jackie into a spiral.”
“Jackie and Matthew are mostly typical teenagers with full social lives and creative hobbies.”
“Grade: B “What Can’t Be Mentioned” premiered at the 2026 New York Film Festival.”
“With “The Unspeakable Act,” Sallitt honed in on a crucial coming-of-age lesson: you can’t always get what you want.”
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“Zauhar matches Hirschkron’s even-keeled temperament even when Lily tries to coax more information about Jackie from Matthew.”
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““Mentioned” runs a little over an hour, making it the rare film where you wish the filmmaker expanded his work by even 10 or 15 minutes, maybe to further enrich some of its muted conflicts, or even just to give the viewer a little more time with the characters.”
“Her feelings for her brother are real, which means that she has to actually deal with them if she wants to be a part of society.”
“However, “Mentioned” is obviously a richer text in the context of “Unspeakable,” if only to fully appreciate how Medel reinterprets Jackie between the two films.”
“Medel and Hirschkron portray their characters as intelligent, self-aware people guaranteed to chart respectively fruitful paths, even if they occasionally get in their own way.”
“They have opinions on literature, music, and sex.”
“Her emotional tumult stems from her realization that she can’t continue into adulthood still pining for Matthew, which inevitably means that she won’t remain as emotionally close to him.”
“(Meanwhile, their second-oldest sibling Jeanne, whom Jackie predicts will one day leave and never look back in “Unspeakable,” is never mentioned.) Sallitt strives for an understated continuity that signals a fully lived-in world bursting with unspoken history.”
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“Powered by WordPress.com VIP NYFF ‘What Can’t Be Mentioned’ Review: Dan Sallitt Returns with a Sequel to His Beloved Incest Drama ‘The Unspeakable Act’ Tallie Mendel reprises their role as Jackie, whose feelings for her older brother reignite when she learns that he expects a child.”
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““I had somehow thought that he and I had an unspoken agreement that we belonged to each other,” she continues, “which was really pretty stupid of me.” Those words kick off Jackie’s final year of high school as she confronts her longstanding unrequited desire for her brother.”
“Sallitt depicts Jackie’s personal and professional struggles as specific hiccups that might manifest for anybody.”
“She experiences newfound sexual incompatibility with Anthony that eventually pushes them both into sex therapy, complete with awkward take-home exercises that Jackie struggles to take seriously.”
“A secret that can’t be uttered forms a small fracture between the happy couple that might balloon over the years.”
““Talking about sex is like talking about the laundry.”) Sallitt crucially abstains from underlining the irony that Jackie can’t process that Matthew and Lily’s shared disposition makes them compatible.”
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