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The Justice of Bunny King (2021)

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Damn you, Gaysorn Thavat, you made me cry. I thought this might be a run-of-the-mill feel-good drama about a feisty woman fighting the system but it was so much more.

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November 23, 2021 Leave a comment

Radiograph of a Family (2020)

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Firouzeh Khosrovani constructs a surprisingly tender collage of her parents’ lives that shows the fractures caused by the Iranian Revolution.

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November 22, 2021 Leave a comment

Hive (Zgjoi) (2021)

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Blerta Basholli’s quiet and forceful drama about the awfulness of war and its effect on women in patriarchal small-town society is a welcome companion-piece to Strong Female Lead (2021) where we saw how hard it was to maintain respect and autonomy, even when you are the elected leader of a country.

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November 19, 2021 Leave a comment

Apples (Μήλα) (2020)

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With a beginning that reminded me of the doleful surrealism of Lanthimos’s The Lobster (2015), Christos Nikou gives us an unexpectedly gentle portrait of a man struggling with grief.

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November 16, 2021 1 Comment

The Nowhere Inn (2020)

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Messy, arty and wry, this mockumentary by Bill Benz weaves the true-life friendship of Carrie Brownstein and Annie Clark, stage-name St. Vincent, with a rumination on fame, identity and artifice.

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September 8, 2021 Leave a comment

Bandar Band (2020)

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This simple and joyful film, ostensibly about a young band trying to navigate flood waters to get to Tehran for an audition, hides a deeper meaning about the challenges for young Iranians.

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September 7, 2021 Leave a comment

Gaza Mon Amour (2020)

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A bitter-sweet romance that, by stealth, will show you the precariousness of living in Palestine.

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September 6, 2021 Leave a comment

Riders of Justice (Retfærdighedens Ryttere) (2021)

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A surprisingly wholesome, bloody revenge movie that sees a father’s suppressed rage wreak havoc when he thinks his wife’s death was part of an assassination plot.

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September 3, 2021 Leave a comment

Chess of the Wind (1976)

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A glimpse into Iran between two revolutions, Mohammad Reza Aslani’s long-lost first feature manages to meld Vermeer-like drawing-room drama with gothic horror.

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August 29, 2021 Leave a comment

Dear Comrades! (Dorogie tovarishchi) (2020)

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In carefully composed black and white imagery, we watch the Soviet propaganda machine go into overdrive to cover up 1960s labour strikes and a subsequent, ill-advised massacre.

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August 25, 2021 Leave a comment

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