Sundance 2024 Review: In the Land of Brothers – “some stunning moments”
Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Black Box Diaries – “brave journalism and filmmaking”
After being sexually assaulted by a high-profile member of the Japanese establishment, journalist Shiori Ito conducts an independent...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Exhibiting Forgiveness – “a complex, authentic family drama”
At first, artist and now director Titus Kaphar started out making a documentary about his life. But eventually, he decided that he could...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: A New Kind of Wilderness – “a moving film that celebrates love and family and explores the impact of grief.”
Living ‘off the grid’ is not an easy existence. You are reliant on yourself and your abilities. In the case Nik and Maria,...
Read MoreA Film a Day – Blue Steel (1990)
Jamie Lee Curtis has a really bad day at work, meets an American Psycho and is helped by The Kurgan in Kathryn Bigelow’s Blue Steel....
Read MoreSundance 2024 Review: Girls Will Be Girls – “a promising first feature”
At the beginning of 12th standard, (grade 12) Mira (Preeti Panigrahi) is standing proudly in front of her classmates. She has just been...
Read MoreA Film a Day – Brick (2005)
Over the weekend, I was hanging out with a friend, visiting some pubs for good beer. We were figuring out what movie to watch, and he...
Read MoreReview: Punch – “takes the slasher genre and gives it a fresh twist”
Directed by Andy Edwards Starring Kierston Wareing, Alina Alison, Daniel Fathers, Jamie Lomas, Faye Campbell, Macaulay Cooper, Sarah...
Read MoreReview: The End We Start From Hits a Little Too Close to Home
Disaster cinema has been a fun, popular genre for decades. Films used to focus on crazy accidents or alien invasions. Now, at a time when...
Read MoreSundance 2024 Film Review: Malu – “a perfect example of what you can do with a lot of heart”
It’s fitting that my first film of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival is one about a woman struggling to fulfill her dreams. This is a...
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