Autisto ★
“It’s taken from facts which are close to me; (…) inspired by my own experience,” says Jérôme Cohen-Olivar about hisContinue Reading
Tag: France
Life After Siham (documentary) ★★½
He would want for life to be a movie, says Namir Abdel Masseeh in one heartbreaking scene of his intimateContinue Reading
Suspended Time ★★★
These days, when we talk about COVID films, we’re usually talking about movies made under strict rules of pandemic-era filmmaking.Continue Reading
La Réparation ★★
Just like a gourmet meal, a good film can take time to be ready. Take too much time, however, andContinue Reading
Everybody Loves Touda ★★½
The first scenes of Nabil Ayouch’s defiant character drama show Touda (a captivating Nasrin Erradi) singing and dancing at aContinue Reading
Misericordia ★★
In most circumstances, I would not begin a review by defining a word, but for Misericordia, it bears noting thatContinue Reading
Berlinale 2025: Wrap-Up, Award Winners & Highlights
I’ve been attending the Berlin International Film Festival in a semi-professional capacity for six years now, and if there’s oneContinue Reading
Dahomey (documentary) ★★★
In the early 1890s, the Kingdom of Dahomey was at war with France to protect significant ports & territories andContinue Reading
Emilia Pérez ★★★
In 2018, French director Jacques Audiard directed his first English-language film The Sisters Brothers. The film portrayed two brothers, bountyContinue Reading
The Substance ★★★½
It might not be the best idea to call a phone number on the back of a USB drive thatContinue Reading
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