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Review: Slow

Year: 2023 Runtime: 108 minutes Writer/Director: Marija Kavtaradz Actors: Kęstutis Cicėnas, Greta Grinevičiūt By Caz Armstrong Caution: There are some spoilers below. “Slow” is a Lithuanian film about asexual relationships, gracefully upheld by a reverence for physicality. Dovydas (Kęstutis Cicėnas) is a sign language interpreter hired to help a class of deaf students take dance classes with teacher Elena (Greta Grinevičiūtė). A relationship begins between … Continue reading Review: Slow

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Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival Review: Ama Gloria

Year: 2023 Runtime: 83 minutes Director/Writer: Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq Actors: Louise Mauroy-Panzani, Ilça Moreno Zego, Abnara Gomes Varela, Fredy Gomes Tavares, Arnaud Rebotini By Joan Amenn There is nothing like the intimacy of the love between a mother and child, even when the woman in question is not biologically the child’s mother. “Ama Gloria” is a beautifully shot character study of a remarkable woman, Gloria (Ilça … Continue reading Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival Review: Ama Gloria

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CPH:DOX 2024 “Marching in the Dark”

Year: 2024 Runtime: 111 Minutes Director: Kinshuk Surjan By Morgan Roberts In India’s rural agricultural communities, there is an epidemic. Spurred by poverty and crippling debt, many farmers die by suicide, leaving their families to pick up the pieces. Sanjivani is one such woman who lost her husband to suicide. Unable to work the same way as her husband and with children left to raise, … Continue reading CPH:DOX 2024 “Marching in the Dark”

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Sundance 2024 Review: Reinas

Year: 2024 Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Klaudia Reynicke Writers: Klaudia Reynicke, Diego Vega Vidal Actors: Luana Vega, Abril Gjurinovic, Gonzalo Molina, Susi Sanchez, Jimena Lindo By Rosa Parra Directed by Klaudia Reynicke, “Reinas” follows a family preparing to relocate from their native country of Lima, Peru, to the United States. Reinas is Spanish for “Queens,” and a nickname the father uses for the two sisters. … Continue reading Sundance 2024 Review: Reinas

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Review: When Evil Lurks

Year: 2023 Runtime: 99 minutes Director/Writer: Demián Rugna Actors: Ezequiel Rodriguez, Demián Salomón, Isabel Quinteros, Luis Ziembrowski, Emilio Vodanovich, Virginia Garófalo, Silvina Sabater By Nadine Whitney Argentinian director Demián Rugna’s “When Evil Lurks” digs deep into our collective anxieties about living in a world where people are without guidance or a higher authority to protect them. What begins as a possession film morphs into a … Continue reading Review: When Evil Lurks

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Fantasia 2023 Review – Mad Fate

Year: 2023 Runtime: 108 minutes Director: Soi Cheang Writer: Yau Nai-hoi, Au Kin-yee, Melvin Li Stars: Gordon Lam, Lokman Yeung, Berg Ng, Ng Wing-sze, Peter Chan, Bonnie Wong, Ko Tin-lung, Wong Ching-yan, Pancy Chan By Harris Dang “Mad Fate” (2023) starts off with a bizarre opening scene; featuring a fortune teller named in the film as The Master (a compellingly manic Gordon Lam) burying a … Continue reading Fantasia 2023 Review – Mad Fate

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Sister & Sister (Las Hijas): SXSW 2023 Review

Year: 2023 Runtime: 80 minutes Director/Writer: Kattia G. Zúñiga Actors: Ariana Chaves Gavilán, Cala Rossel Campos, Fernando Bonilla, Joshua De Leon, Milagros Fernandez, Gabriela Man By Rosa Parra Latin American cinema, Central American cinema in particular, isn’t given the necessary attention and acknowledgment it deserves. “Sister & Sister” (Las Hijas) is an example of why this type of cinema should be talked about alongside the … Continue reading Sister & Sister (Las Hijas): SXSW 2023 Review

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Review: The First Fallen

Year: 2021 Runtime: 107 minutes Director/Writer: Rodrigo de Oliveira Actors: Johnny Massaro, Renata Carvalho, Victor Camilo, Clara Choveaux, Alex Bonin By Joan Amenn It has been decades since the AIDS crisis first began to claim its victims in an ever growing wave of horror and despair. “The First Fallen” (2021) tells the story of this terrifying time from the perspective of the LGBTQ+ community in … Continue reading Review: The First Fallen

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review 7: Freedom Swimmer

Year: 2022 Runtime: 15 minutes Director: Olivia Martin-McGuire By Joan Amenn “Freedom Swimmer” (2022) is a gut-wrenching film about fleeing oppression as well as a lyrical visual poem. This ying yang of narration combined with montage and animation creates a unique and powerful documentary that will haunt you long after the last frame. As the film recounts, from 1950 to 1980 two million refugees swam … Continue reading Femme Filmmakers Festival Review 7: Freedom Swimmer

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