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Reviews: Heaven – Restoration

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.

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.

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…

Reviews: Blue Moon

October 24, 2025

Blue Moon is the story of Lorenz Hart, the former writing partner of Richard Rodgers on the night that his former partner opens the show Oklahoma!

Reviews: The Piano Accident from Genre Gems 2025

October 23, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 The Piano Accident, a dark comedy from director Quentin Dupieux, explores the world of celebrity, fortune and the internet age. Magalie…

Reviews: Sirât from Genre Gems 2025

October 22, 2025

In Sirât, a man and his son search the Moroccan desert through nomadic raves in order to find his missing daughter in this sprawling film.