Set over the course of one day, Erige Sehiri’s narrative feature debut Under the Fig Trees (Sous les figues) is a thoughtful ensemble film about the group of workers in a Tunisian fig orchard.
Film Reviews
Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.
Cannes Review: Céline Devaux’s Everybody Loves Jeanne is a delightful anti-rom-com
Céline Devaux’s feature debut, Everybody Loves Jeanne, is wild, hilarious, sweet, and chaotic: a delightful anti-rom-com. It screened in the Cannes sidebar Semaine de la Critique.
Cannes Review: Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 is a devastatingly unsentimental triumph
Chie Hayakawa’s Plan 75 is a plea for empathy amidst broken systems that leave the most vulnerable and elderly Regard sidebar at Cannes 2022.
Palm Trees and Power Lines is a harrowing debut from Jamie Dack
Jamie Dack’s Palm Trees and Power Lines finds a film language to depict sexual assault and coercion in a way that keeps us emotionally involved with our heroine, without reveling in the horrors of the abuse
Mutzenbacher and Man Caves explore men’s views on sex and love
In both Mutzenbacher and Man Caves, women directors interview a slew of men about their thoughts on sex and love.
Quick thoughts: The abstract recollections of My Two Voices
Lina Rodriguez’s poetic documentary My Two Voices follows the stories of three Latin American women, in their own words. My Two Voices premiered in the Forum section of the 2022 Berlinale.