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Reviews: Wild Diamond from IFFO 2025

April 10, 2025

Wild Diamond follows the journey of Liane an attractive nineteen year old living in France who sets out to be a star, regardless of what it takes.

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Reviews: Wild Goat Surf

April 9, 2025

Goat, is trying to enjoy her summer in Penticton. It’s suggested that she and her mother Jane have seen better times, but this summer is not one of them.

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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. 

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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.

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Reviews: Wolf Man – Physical Release

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.

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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…

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Reviews: Julie Keeps Quiet

March 25, 2025

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.

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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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Reviews: AUM: The Cult at the End of the World

March 19, 2025

Final Rating: 2/5 On March 20, 1995, sarin gas was released on three lines of the Tokyo Metro by members of the new religious…

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Reviews: La Pecera (The Fishbowl)

March 17, 2025

There’s a lot to like about Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s La Pecera (The Fishbowl), from the performances to the cinematography.

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