Nova 78′ (documentary) ★★★
For a 78 brisk minutes, Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias’ defining documentary about the Nova Convention which almost 50 yearsContinue Reading
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Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream ★★
Baghdad’s gritty reality and the ancient myths lingering among its ruins intertwine with the childlike imagination of Iraq’s future youngContinue Reading
Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation (documentary) ★★
America has a thing with myth making, one of the prominent interviewees remarks more than half-way through Ebs Burnough‘s dedicatedContinue Reading
Judas’ Gospel ★½
From the moment blasting heavy metal music throws the blood-red opening credits on the black screen, Giulio Base‘s fictional biopicContinue Reading
Exile ★★½
Feverish colors, muted tones, and corroded surfaces immediately evoke the suffocating aura of systemic corruption haunting Mehdi Hmili‘s nightmarish thriller.Continue Reading
Bobò (documentary) ½
If one believes director Pippo Delbono, his documentary is one of humanism and humor. In 1995, Delbono discovered Bobò duringContinue Reading
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