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Reviews: Neon Dreaming from IFFO 2025

April 8, 2025

Neon Dreaming, follows the journey of irrepressible eight year old Billie who is under the impression her estranged mother is a ballerina.

Reviews: Young Hearts from IFFO 2025

April 7, 2025

Young Hearts, a Belgian film from Anthony Schatteman, chronicles the challenges Elias faces as a young man coming to terms with his sexuality.

Reviews: A Nice Indian Boy

April 4, 2025

A Nice Indian Boy, swaps out the classic boy-meets-girl set-up for an mlm romance that presumably hits a little closer to home.

Reviews: Leila and the Wolves – Restoration

April 3, 2025

The Wolves is a tale about people attacked by wolves with black hearts. Heiny Srour mixes documentary form with fictional retellings of historical moments.

Reviews: The Missile (Ohjus) From IFFO 2025

April 2, 2025

The Missile, a Finnish film, is a thought provoking dramedy about the nature of war in the nuclear era and the lives of those in a northern Finnish town.

Reviews: The Lions By the River Tigris

March 31, 2025

The Lions By the River Tigris focuses on the aftermath of Mosul’s destruction by ISIS in 2014 and then liberated three years later by Iraqi Armed Forces.

Reviews: Wolf Man

March 28, 2025

Blake returns to Oregon alongside his wife and daughter, they’re ambushed by a shadowy creature that topples their truck and injures Blake.

Reviews: The Penguin Lessons

March 27, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 There’s not a penguin in sight when The Penguin Lessons opens like a ’70s sitcom – with a score by Federico…

Leonardo van Dijl’s Julie Keeps Quiet is one of the more meditative sports films out there. The titular Julie is trying to stay focused on her skills and future as a tennis player while her club experiences some major turmoil.

Reviews: Helen and the Bear

March 21, 2025

Alix Blair’s Helen and the Bear eschews politics (for the most part) and focuses on the intense, intimate relationship between former Republican Representative Pete McCloskey and his second wife Helen, the director’s uncle and aunt.

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