Reviews: Heaven November 20, 2025 Heaven, the directorial debut of Diane Keaton, is a documentary asking everyday people their thoughts on the afterlife that originally came out in 1987. Continue Reading
318: A24 Retrospective – Room November 18, 2025 We continue going through A24’s films, as we look at 2015’s Room about a woman and her son who escape their kidnapping and try to adjust to the real world. Continue Reading
Reviews: Tatsumi November 12, 2025 Final Rating: 3/5 Tatsumi, a gritty crime drama from Japanese director Hiroshi Shôji, stars Yûya Endô as the titular Tatsumi, a man caught up… Continue Reading
Reviews: 2025 Leiden International Film Festival Round Up November 10, 2025 The Leiden International Film Festival, the Netherlands’ premiere festival for international narrative film just finished and we have reviews from the fest. Continue Reading
Reviews: Nuremberg November 5, 2025 James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg recreates the famous trials of high ranking Nazi official Hermann Göring and the men who tried him. Continue Reading
317: 2025 New York Film Festival Diaries November 4, 2025 Frequent CZP guest Paulo Bautista, had the pleasure of attending the New York Film Festival. He reports back with audio diaries on films he saw. Continue Reading
Reviews: The Things You Kill October 30, 2025 Final Rating: 4/5 Family secrets bubble to the surface as an English teacher in Turkey wrestles with the untimely passing of his mother. Alireza… Continue Reading
Reviews: Reflection in a Dead Diamond from TADFF 2025 October 29, 2025 Reflection in a Dead Diamond is a surreal recontexulizes the spy genre by questioning the escapist fantasy nature they so often present. Continue Reading
316: Old, Young and New Frankenstein October 28, 2025 With the latest version of Frankenstein coming out from director Guillermo del Toro, we look back at the history of this monster movie. Continue Reading
Reviews: The Ice Tower from Genre Gems 2025 October 27, 2025 Final Rating: 3/5 Where do our dreams end and reality begin? The Ice Tower from French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic is a haunting fairy tale-esque… Continue Reading