Film Festivals

MY SWEET LAND: A Somber Warning Call To History, Past, Present, and Future
MY SWEET LAND: A Somber Warning Call To History, Past, Present, and Future

My Sweet Land is a somber warning call that its events are not contained in one place or time, they are the story of humanity.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: BEACON

For the viewer who doesn’t mind overt imitation– Beacon, with its twists, turns, and choppy seas, may hold some interest.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: THEY'RE HERE
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: THEY’RE HERE

They’re Here will struggle to connect to its audience, too often feeling as though it is attempting to only reach others whose experiences matches its own.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: THE DEVIL'S BATH
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: THE DEVIL’S BATH

Ultimately, though the package may feel familiar, The Devil’s Bath still has cogent ideas to share.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: BRATS: A Nostalgic Odyssey Back To The 1980s
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: BRATS: A Nostalgic Odyssey Back To The 1980s

Brats is a reminder old wounds can calcify and scab over turning into the foundation for something all the more beautiful.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY, BAM BAM: THE SISTER NANCY STORY & THE WEEKEND
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY, BAM BAM: THE SISTER NANCY STORY & THE WEEKEND

From Tribeca Film Festival 2024, Soham Gadre takes a look at CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY, BAM BAM: THE SISTER NANCY STORY & THE WEEKEND!

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: VULCANIZADORA
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: VULCANIZADORA

The overall effect is an icky jumble, at once anesthetizing and agitating, languorous and frenetic, a cinematic case of acid reflux.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT & WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS
Cannes Film Festival 2024: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT & WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS

From Cannes Film Festival Wilson Kwong reviews Payal Kapadia’s Grand Prix winning All We Imagine as Light and Rúnar Rúnarsson’s When the Light Breaks.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE & WILD DIAMOND
Cannes Film Festival 2024: THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE & WILD DIAMOND

From Cannes Film Festival, Wilson Kwong reviews
Magnus von Horn’s The Girl with the Needle and Agathe Riedinger’s Wild Diamond.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: GHOST TRAIL & BLACK DOG
Cannes Film Festival 2024: GHOST TRAIL & BLACK DOG

Jonathan Millet’s Ghost Trail and Guan Hu’s Black Dog both tackle serious subject matter with subdued restraint.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: MEGALOPOLIS
Cannes Film Festival 2024: MEGALOPOLIS

It’s truly difficult to qualify the beast of an experience that is Megalopolis, and because of that, there’s an undefinable elegance.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: THE SECOND ACT & ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
Cannes Film Festival 2024: THE SECOND ACT & ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

At Canne’s 2024, Film Inquiry reviews Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act (Le Deuxieme Acte), and Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
Cannes Film Festival 2024: FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is a prime example of how to craft a narrative expansion that ignites a creative spark worthy of praise.

MoMI First Look 2024: A Wave of Films That Blend Imagery And Medium
MoMI First Look 2024: A Wave of Films That Blend Imagery And Medium

Soham Gadre takes a look at the Museum of the Moving Image’s “First Look” Series!

SXSW Film Festival 2024: AN ARMY OF WOMEN & WE WERE DANGEROUS
SXSW Film Festival 2024: AN ARMY OF WOMEN & WE WERE DANGEROUS

In this SXSW report, we take a look at two female-driven titles: An Army of Women and We Were Dangerous.