This is a sweet and tender portrait of ageing through the eyes of a grandson who discovers there is more to family than inheritance.
Continue readingHow to Make a Million Before Grandma Dies (หลานม่า)(2024)
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The Road to Patagonia (2024)
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I feel enchanted by this unexpected emotional journey from the top of Alaska to the tip of Patagonia.
Continue readingAnimale (2024)
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French-Algerian director Emma Benestan takes a fresh approach to some monster/revenge tropes to give us a dark fable of female power.
Continue readingProblemista (2023)
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I’m not sure what I was expecting out of Julio Torres’s sweet and quirky almost fairytale about speaking up for yourself. Something easy to watch. I wasn’t expecting to find it so poignant.
Continue readingHeavenly Creatures (1994)
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House of the Seasons (장손)(2023)
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This was a strong debut from Oh Jung-min and reminded me of some other South Korean films I’ve seen that have a lyrical, pastoral nature and observe family dynamics and traditions without a lot of exposition or judgement (Burning, House of the Hummingbird).
Continue readingThe Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
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It’s been a day for hard hitting films. This was one film I was really looking forward to as it’s by one of my favourite directors, Mohammed Rasoulof (Manuscripts Don’t Burn, A Man of Integrity, There is No Evil). He has a tendency to explore morals and actions within corrupt systems in Iran and this one follows those themes.
Continue readingReinas (2024)
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The title means ‘queens’ and we are immersed in a fractured family in Peru in the 70s. It’s the start of 10 years of dictatorship, at a time where inflation is doubling overnight and there is increasing unrest and violence in the streets.
Continue readingNo Other Land (2024)
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I remember feeling similarly shell-shocked after For Sama. There is something devastatingly compelling about first person footage during wartime and with No Other Land, it wasn’t even officially a war.
Continue readingSecret Mall Apartment (2024)
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This is one of those delightful stories you can’t believe is true but you’re so glad it is.
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