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    Jewish International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Born in Jerusalem and Still Alive’

    by Danny O'Dea February 22, 2021
    by Danny O'Dea February 22, 2021

    A man sits on a bench, wrapped in a coat he’s owned for years. He rests his feet at the head of Jaffa Street in Jerusalem. A tour guide comes along, decked to the nines…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Landscapes of Resistance’

    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021

    Creating an intimate documentary that goes deep into an individual’s backstory can be one of the most difficult types of film to do right. The level of intimacy necessary can be difficult to capture and dip…

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    ‘Youth’ by Farida Zahran

    by The MovieBabble Staff December 2, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff December 2, 2020

    A teenage girl takes a step toward adulthood in contemporary Cairo.   Nick Kush: Farida Zahran shows plenty of restraint in telling this coming-of-age story; in the wrong hands, Youth could turn into a needlessly brutal…

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    San Diego Asian Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘The Woman Who Ran’

    by Liam Trump November 3, 2020
    by Liam Trump November 3, 2020

    Dialogue is one of the most prominent aspects when it comes to filmmaking. Lines such as “I’ll be back,” and “I am your father” have become nearly as notable as the movies they’re featured in…

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    ‘Why Don’t You Just Die!’: From Russia, With (Some) Love

    by Blake Ison April 13, 2020
    by Blake Ison April 13, 2020

    Why Don’t You Just Die! comes from writer/director Kirill Sokolov and tells the story of Matvey, a young man who has been tasked with murdering his girlfriend’s detective father, Andrey, by none other than his…

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    The Muddled Messaging of ‘The Platform’

    by Nick Kush March 31, 2020
    by Nick Kush March 31, 2020

    The Platform often returns to a somewhat meta retort shared by the main character, Goreng (played by Ivan Massagué, who looks like a Spanish John Turturro), and his prison cellmate, Trimagasi (Zorion Eguileor, the perfect…

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    Netflix’s ‘The Occupant’ is an Uncommonly Intelligent, Gripping Thriller

    by Brian Connor March 27, 2020
    by Brian Connor March 27, 2020

    After last week’s The Platform, Netflix continues something of a roll for Spanish releases with David and Àlex Pastor’s The Occupant, a viscerally dark meditation on masculinity and status in an increasingly precarious world. (And…

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    ‘Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City’ Translates Into a Below Average Neo-Noir

    by Hunter Goddard March 9, 2020
    by Hunter Goddard March 9, 2020

    Daniel Calparsoro’s Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City (2020) is a Spanish thriller on Netflix, and so it was composed with the World Wide Web in mind for its target demographic. However, this is…

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    ‘Beanpole’: The Limits of Friendship and Manipulation

    by Anna Campion February 12, 2020
    by Anna Campion February 12, 2020

    Sometimes, a tragedy happens that is so beyond the scale of my comprehension, that I cannot fully engage in it. It can be hard to watch relentless news coverage or read emotional articles about senseless…

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    ‘Loro’ is a Dazzling Portrayal of Political Corruption

    by Chris van Dijk October 1, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk October 1, 2019

    My introduction to Paolo Sorrentino’s wondrous style of filmmaking was with the first season of The Young Pope, a show that, despite much critical acclaim, became the subject of much ridicule in social media and…

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    ‘Parasite’ is Bong Joon-ho’s Masterpiece and The Best Film of 2019

    by Sean Coates September 29, 2019
    by Sean Coates September 29, 2019

    If there is any nation on this earth that is truly overdue for awards attention due to their amazing output of quality cinema, it is South Korea. Shockingly, South Korea has never had a film…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2019 Mini Reviews – Part 2

    by Sean Coates August 13, 2019
    by Sean Coates August 13, 2019

    Click here to read Part 1. MIFF 2019 keeps on going, and so do the mini reviews. Let’s dive right in! Sorry We Missed You At the sprightly age of 83, two-time Palme d’Or winner…

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    Film Review – Bleach (2018) [Watch]

    by Nick Kush September 14, 2018
    by Nick Kush September 14, 2018

    You know, if Netflix is going to continue to move towards its ultimate goal of world domination, it has to account for every culture around the world. Enter Bleach, the live-action version of the popular anime…

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