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Reviews: Chuck Chuck Baby from IFFO 2024

March 29, 2024

Set in Wales, Chuck Chuck Baby, tells the story of Helen, who lives with her ex-husband, his new girlfriend and their baby, as she tends to his dying mother.

Reviews: Loch Ness: They Created a Monster from IFFO 2024

March 26, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 “If you build it, they will come…” Few things capture our imagination like the possibility of discovery, in particular that of…

Reviews: The Peasants

March 25, 2024

Based on the Nobel Prize for Literature 1904 novel The Peasants, the 2023 adaptation by duo DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman is in short, a masterpiece of a film.

Reviews: To Kill a Tiger

March 8, 2024

To Kill a Tiger, follows the story of Ranjit as he takes on the Indian legal system to seek justice for his 13 year old daughter after she was gang raped.

Reviews: Hundreds of Beavers

February 16, 2024

Hundreds of Beavers wears its inspirations on its sleeve. An irreverent, black-and-white, live-action cartoon, it’s a survivalist western by way of Looney Tunes.

Reviews: Robot Dreams

February 12, 2024

Robot Dreams tells the story of Dog and Robot. All is well in their lives until circumstances force them apart with only a hope that they will reunite.

Reviews: Dìdi from Sundance 2024

February 5, 2024

Dìdi follows Chris Wang during the summer between middle and high school. Chris spends his days hanging with his boys getting into trouble.

Reviews: And So It Begins from Sundance 2024

February 2, 2024

Final Rating: 2/5 While we are still in the midst of the 2024 Oscars season at the moment, the race for the 2025 Oscars…

Reviews: Memory

January 29, 2024

Memory, directed by Michel Franco, is a melancholy musing on what it means to be alone, surrounded by people.

Reviews: The Teachers’ Lounge

January 22, 2024

A school is subject to a series of thefts, and as the staff attempt to find the culprit, the utilization of tension as the uncomfortable situation that has arisen unfolds.