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‘Bouchra’ Film Review – A Fascinating Debut From Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani

The animation medium allows a plenitude of experimentation. In this sense, it is possible to represent and narrate any story the writer’s head wishes to, using the technique and animation conventions to develop that specific story. One of the most popular and eccentric subcultures in the world is the furry …

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‘Dhurandhar’ Film Review

It is a cultural quirk of Indian cinema that they will show the most gruesome torture and murders in glorious close-up while simultaneously subtitling the language used during these scenes as “Dang!” and “You idiot!” If we are in a hard-R/18 environment, capable of being shown a man suspended off …

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‘Only Good Things’ Film Review – The Western Traditions in the Brazilian Countryside

The Brazilian director Daniel Nolasco has been creating a trademark for himself as a filmmaker. Drawing inspiration from his personal interests and his academic path, his films approach the stories of the LGBTQIA community in a conservative state. In his debut feature, Vento Seco (Dry Wind), he approaches the monotonous …

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‘The Little Sister’ Film Review: A Strong Directorial Effort from Hafsia Herzi

The introductory section of Hafsia Herzi’s The Little Sister (La petite dernière) is slightly alienating, as it swiftly moves from one scene to the next, without an anchor point for the audience to latch onto, despite being adapted from Fatima Daas’ 2020 autofiction novel of the same name. However, our …

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Interview: Composer Daniel Lopatin on the Score of ‘Marty Supreme’

When discussing modern experimental electronic music, Daniel Lopatin, also known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is a prominent name in the conversation. Despite releasing acclaimed solo records, OPN also produced artists like FKA Twigs, Charli XCX, The Weeknd, and Soccer Mommy, musicians who bring electronic elements to mainstream pop. …

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‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Film Review – A Haunting Experience for All The Senses

It was Stephen Sondheim who wrote a song about the two things people can leave behind: children and art. What the Shakers, a small religious movement which began in the mid-1700s, left behind was their art. Some of this is their highly influential style of furniture, made plainly to emphasise …

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Interview: Eva Victor on ‘Sorry, Baby’

For the last forty years, the Sundance Film Festival has been a crucial festival to highlight American independent cinema. Each year, when the event unveils its lineup, cinephiles, audiences, and sales agents dive into the programming to guess which of the selections will join films like Little Miss Sunshine, Memento, …

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Interview: Bi Gan on ‘Resurrection,’ his film philosophy, and M83

The young Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan is already a well-loved personality in the arthouse community. Despite his brief filmography, the director has already produced remarkable works in his career, such as Kaili Blues, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and his short film, A Short Story. Employing a poetic approach to …

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Interview with Co-Writer and Director Joachim Trier on ‘Sentimental Value’

Since his debut feature in 2006 with Reprise, Joachim Trier has become a relevant author in the arthouse circuit. His films gathered attention for the humanity, but centered on the use of Oslo, Norway, as a prominent character. Hence, Trier is mainly associated with his “Oslo Trilogy”, composed by Reprise, …

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‘Don’t Let Me Die’ Film Review: Andrei Epure Doubles Down on the Absurdity of Death

Romanian writer-director Andrei Epure already tested the premise of his feature debut Don’t Let Me Die, which premiered in the Filmmakers of the Present section of the 2025 Locarno Film Festival, in his 2021 short film Intercom 15, an entry in Cannes’ Critics’ Week. In fact, exactly seven minutes into …

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‘Fallout’ Season 2 Review: Chaotic, Messy Fun

We seem to have entered a season in which video adaptations can no longer be written off as trash before we even watch them. One of the most lauded adaptations has been Amazon’s Fallout, coming back for season 2. Even though I have still not played the game (despite having “New …

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‘Rebuilding’ Film Review – Josh O’Connor’s Melancholic Performance as an American Cowboy in Reconstruction

Usually, the cinema portrays tragedies that occur as incidents or natural disasters, if we call them that. The seasonal ones do not get representation on the big screen. Some regions are more susceptible to tornadoes, natural fires, and earthquakes. They are due to the geographical and geological compositions of those …

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