Rental Family ★★★
Phillip Vandarploeug (Brendan Fraser) is struggling. An American living in Japan, Phillip is an outsider. He is lonely, spending hisContinue Reading
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Versailles ★½
Much like its main character, Andrés Clariond‘s slippery satire comes frustratingly close to striking political gold. But rather than snatchingContinue Reading
Hunger Strike Breakfast ★★½
The “hunger shack,” as the original title of Karolis Kaupinis’ bleak history lesson translates, is not only the cramped VilniusContinue Reading
The Running Man ★★
The original 1987 film adaptation of The Running Man has seen a critical re-appraisal over the years, though one factContinue Reading
Oxygen ★★
Motherhood, militarism, and moral ambiguity collide in Netalie Braun‘s disquieting drama Oxygen. Prior to its run at Tallinn’s Black NightsContinue Reading
Dog of God ★½
For those not very versed in Eastern European history, “Livonia” might sound like the name of a medieval country straightContinue Reading
Sisu: Road to Revenge ★★½
In the inevitable follow-up to his 2022 survival saga Sisu, Jalmari Helander expands the folkloric brutality of the original intoContinue Reading
Hamnet ★★★½
Part of the artistic achievement of Chloé Zhao‘s absorbing account of genius and the personal grammar of grief is notContinue Reading
Magellan ★★★★
For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan’s legacy lived in the shadows of that of more prominent and popular explorers such as ChristopherContinue Reading
It Was Just an Accident ★★★
In a scene in Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, two characters compare their situation to the play WaitingContinue Reading
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