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You can tell a lot about a director by the way they frame tragedy in their work. As with all discussions about death and dying, it’s all about striking the right tone for the right audience. A directo…
Chris: Where were you? Sam: Here. Chris: You just upped and left. Well, I just don’t get it. Sam: I didn’t think you would. India Donaldson’s debut feature Good One immediately brings to mind the…
Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an endearing queer coming-of-age romantic drama. Director Aitch Alberto in…
Deep into Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta’s serene documentary Nocturnes, we finally get to see the elephants. Cinematographer Satya Rai Nagpaul observes them from a distance as the herd lingers,…
When it comes to experiencing cinema, one of the greatest honours that you can bestow upon a film is having an unexpected physical reaction to it. This might be an out place moment of laughter (the ba…
The Beekeeper is a well-oiled and by-the-book actioner that simultaneously takes itself very seriously, and yet not at all. All Jason Statham needs to do in this genre of film is what he always does.…
Generations, culture, loneliness, and grief in queer culture and how true love transcends the mortal coil. “The power of love A force from above A sky-scraping dove Flame on burn desire Love with ton…
“Reconstructing memory is an act of knowing yourself. Without memory you have no identity.” Augusto Góngora. January 2, 1952 – May 19, 2023. Under the dictatorship of Pinochet no one was allowed to…
Koji Yakusho plays Hirayama in Wim Wenders Perfect Days, a quiet man who lives a life in solitude, working with great pride as a public toilet cleaner. We meet him as he starts his daily routine where…
Very loosely based on the short story by Oscar Wilde of the same name, Kim Burdon and Robert Chandler’s The Canterville Ghost is a slight adaptation of what was a simultaneously a satire on American m…
Released by Netflix in 2021, Don’t Look Up was extremely popular in part because of its roster of big-name stars. Both Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence returned to the silver screen after exten…
Film distributor A24’s brand identity has crystallised into surreal, stylish dramas with a touch of misery. Their latest release, Dream Scenario, is exactly that. So in that sense, the film is almost…