“LALI”
THE STORY – In the dappled shade of the jamun tree and the spice-laden hush of her kitchen, Zeba moves like a whisper. Newly wed to Sajawal, a man-child haunted by his own reflection, she seeks refuge in two women: Sohni...
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THE STORY – Sakai is the assistant manager at a convenience store, his working days determined by routine. Without any hint of emotion, he deflects the annoying customers and follows the rigid rules that the store owner imposes on the staff....
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Berlinale 2026 Review: FOREST HIGH (FORÊT IVRE), Life in an Alpine Hut
Forest High (orig. Forêt Ivre) takes place almost entirely in and around a hut in the Swiss mountains. Subtitled Three Stories, director Manon Coubia's film follows three volunteers who work there over four seasons. Officially the Refuge d'Ubine des Amis...
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Life Within the Lens Celebrates Black Filmmaking
On a program this week at the Music Box in Chicago that spotlighted filmmaking for Black History Month.
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‘Queen at Sea’ Review: A Wrenching, Brilliantly Acted Tale of a Family Torn Apart by Dementia
The film is an unvarnished look at a family rendered dysfunctional by the inevitability of death. The post ‘Queen at Sea’ Review: A Wrenching, Brilliantly Acted Tale of a Family Torn Apart by Dementia appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Berlinale 2026 Review: A CHILD OF MY OWN (UN HIJO PROPIO), Documentary Reenacts a Kidnapping
Based on a notorious crime in Mexico, A Child of My Own (Orig. Un hijo propio) examines how and why a nurse kidnapped a baby for her own. As she did in The Mole Agent, director Maite Alberdi mixes fact and fiction...
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1000 WOMEN IN HORROR: Poster Debut For Doc Celebrating Women-Led Horror
Shudder has debuted the poster for Donna Davies' documentary, 1000 Women in Horror, a celebration of women-led horror. The Canadian documentarian interviewed many friends of ours, contemporaries and iconic ladies within the horror genre. The cast includes Roxanne Benjamin,...
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THE STORY – Amanda and her stepfather, Martin, struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda’s mother, Leslie, who is suffering from advanced dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interests? And, if so,...
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Berlinale 2026 Review: SOUMSOUM, THE NIGHT OF THE STARS, Romanticised Fable for the Tainted Dead in Chad’s Immense Desert
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun tells a poetic yet haunting story of life and death driven by female agency. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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A Conversation with Zack Khalil (AANIKOBIJIGAN)
“When I enter a museum, I’m not looking for what’s on the walls, I’m looking at what’s behind them,” says a participant in Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]. “I wonder if people know that they’ve paid $20 to enter a museum that’s holding...
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