Five Eyes (documentary) ★★
For more than half of his long life, writer and composer Paul Bowles lived in Morocco. His five decades inContinue Reading
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I Want Her Dead (documentary) ★½
Two archenemies, a longstanding family feud, the scenic stage of a remote Calabrian village where the ruins of an antiqueContinue Reading
Those Who Watch Over (documentary) ★★½
Do the living watch over the dead in Karima Saïdi‘s observational obituary? Or is it in fact the dead whoContinue Reading
Porte Bagage ★★½
The titular baggage of Abdelkarim El-Fassi‘s first feature film, debuting in the Moroccan Panorama section of the Marrakech International FilmContinue Reading
Amoeba ★★★
The amorphous body of the titular organism becomes a microscopic metaphor for the undefined shape of adolescence trapped within rigidContinue Reading
Ish ★★★
The title of Imran Perretta‘s bleak debut feature Ish evokes a short form of Ismael, the Melville-inspired name of itsContinue Reading
Sentimental Value ★★★★
Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value begins with narration about a home. It is the home of the Borg family and hasContinue Reading
Train Dreams ★★½
There are endless ways a movie can frustrate a viewer. In the case of Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams, it’s theContinue Reading
Memory ★★½
From its opening frames, Vladlena Sandu‘s essayist drama announces itself as an intimate reckoning with a childhood disrupted by violence,Continue Reading
Homebound ★★½
A decade after his last cinematic effort, Neeraj Ghaywan returns with a prestige project, shepherded by executive producer Martin Scorsese,Continue Reading
