Mais Masri's 3000 Nights was a highlight of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a film by a female director that flew largely under-the-radar. Check …
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Mais Masri's 3000 Nights was a highlight of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, a film by a female director that flew largely under-the-radar. Check …
[Read more...] about 3000 Nights explores motherhood behind bars
If the sub-genre Maori Hip Hop Musical isn’t enough of a hook to get you to see Born to Dance, let me add that it’s heaps of fun. Like a cross between Bring it …
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Easily the winner of the “most evocative title of the festival” award, Granny’s Dancing on the Table tells two stories: the present-day struggles of …
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Éva Husson's Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) finds a sweet romance in a tale of teenagers these days and their orgies. The film opens on a pubescents-gone-wild …
[Read more...] about Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) ends with a whimper
Jennifer Peedom discusses the making of her terrific new film, the Everest doc, Sherpa, the first documentary to be told from the Sherpa's perspective. Read …
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In the last act of Victoria, the male protagonist Sonne (Frederick Lau) asks a quivering man, who has obeyed his orders made at gunpoint, “Just how stupid are …
[Read more...] about Victoria is a trying tale of an endless night of excitement