Florid ★★★
The voices are always there. From the first scene they follow Jamal (Jonathan Jules) around, whispering in his and theContinue Reading
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Cute ½
As a story with a pedophile parent as its main character—with whom the audience is apparently supposed to empathize, atContinue Reading
Body of Glass ★★½
Grief as an individual experience has become a widely accepted reality, polar to Naëmi Ada‘s dramatic scenario that looks atContinue Reading
Will You Still Be My Friend ★★★
Economic and ecological priorities are at the core of Lu Po-Shun‘s classic but also a tad conventional coming-of-age tale ofContinue Reading
The World Before ★★★
Set over a languid summer on a remote Korean island, Yoon Dan-bi weaves a tender tale of the threshold fromContinue Reading
As We Breathe ★★★
A slow-burning film in more than one sense, Seyhmus Altun‘s somber debut feature, screening in the New Directors section atContinue Reading
The Son and The Sea ★★★
The inability to communicate one’s inner state and feelings is at the core of Stroma Cairns‘ emotionally eloquent debut feature,Continue Reading
White Flowers and Fruits ★★★
Ghosts, grief, and growing up form a melancholic mêlée in Sakamoto Yukari‘s directorial debut about characters quite literally haunted byContinue Reading
