Shawkat Amin Korki cranks up the tension in this exploration of the desperate lengths people will go to when they are given few choices.
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Piggy (Cerdita)(2022)
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Carlota Pereda gives us a delicious revenge movie that expands the story from her 2018 short film.
Continue readingFire Front (2022)
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A surprising gut punch of a documentary that is as tense as a thriller and an emotional tribute to volunteers.
Continue readingMona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021)
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My expectations were high for this second feature from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night director Ana Lily Amirpour.
Continue readingDogs in Space (1986)
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I was instantly transported back 40 years in Richard Lowenstein’s chaotic love letter to 70s post-punk subculture.
Continue readingOne Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) (2022)
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It’s enough that Léa Seydoux is in every frame to give reason to watch this delicate French Rohmer-esque drama from Mia Hansen-Løve.
Continue readingThe Apartment with Two Women (같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자) (2021)
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Where Leila’s Brothers was all shouting and drama in its portrayal of a dysfunctional family, Kim Se-in shows us the quiet bitterness of an intense mother-daughter relationship.
Continue readingBlaze (2022)
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Archibald prize winning Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton has imbued her lush visuals into her first feature film about violence against women and childhood trauma.
Continue readingMy Sunny Maad (2021)
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This animation from Czech director Michaela Pavlátová has an interesting premise; a blonde and blue-eyed Czech woman marries an Aghan and goes to live with his family in Kabul as the Taliban increase their dominance.
Continue readingLeila’s Brothers (2022)
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A three-hour film better be pretty good and I went into this drama by Saeed Roustayi (Just 6.5 (2019)) well-caffeinated and expecting to be immersed in Iranian life.
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