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.
Continue readingLeila’s Brothers (2022)
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I won’t be the first to say that this warm, spiky coming of age road movie is sweet as.
Continue readingUnder Cover (2022)
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I walked into this film thinking I knew what kind of experience it was going to be. It’s a documentary by Sue Thomson about the growing number of women aged over 55 in Australia who are finding themselves unexpectedly homeless.
Continue readingYuni (2021)
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Kamila Andini delicately explores the difficulties of being a 16 year old girl in a society that thinks it knows what’s best for you, without giving us any easy answers.
Continue readingBecause We Have Each Other (2022)
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This sad and beautiful documentary is about an ordinary family who is in fact quite extraordinary.
Continue readingMillie Lies Low (2021)
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A warm-hearted cautionary tale for all those feeling the need to flex about their lives.
Continue readingThe Spirit of the Beehive (El Espíritu de la Colmena) (1973)
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Victor Erice’s classic film about childhood and Spain’s political turmoil is transcendent film making.
Continue readingWatcher (2022)
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Chloe Okuno’s debut feature is a taut and tense thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat.
Continue readingThe United States of America (2022)
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I love having an unexpected film experience. James Benning gives us an alphabetical tour of the states, territories and districts of the USA that is part meditation and part lexophile’s delight with a paraprosdokian sting in the tail (look it up).
Continue readingThe Water (El Agua) (2022)
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Having ‘the water inside’ might spell doom or freedom in this meditative Spanish drama.
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