2018

CARGA: A Slick, Genre-Blending Horror
CARGA: A Slick, Genre-Blending Horror

Carga is a gripping short film. Its marvellous build-up is ever so slightly hindered by a speedy conclusion—it’s a film you want to be longer.

EUFF 2020: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles: Surprisingly Simplistic Portrayal of an Intricate Mind
EUFF 2020: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles: Surprisingly Simplistic Portrayal of an Intricate Mind

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles offers a peek into the mind of one of the most influential artists of the surrealist movement.

The Cinematic Language of Dinesh D'Souza: America's Popular Far-Right Filmmaker
The Propagandist Language Of Dinesh D’Souza: America’s Popular Far-Right Filmmaker

Dinesh D’Souza, a celebrated far-right political commentator, author and documentary filmmaker, has dizzying propaganda films that bleed misinformation.

Page to Screen: On THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY and the Power of Sharing Stories
Page to Screen: On THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY and the Power of Sharing Stories

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a story about stories, why we share and retell them, and why we adapt them.

RADIUM GIRLS: On How The Glowing Element Crowned and Destroyed Women
RADIUM GIRLS: On How The Glowing Element Crowned and Destroyed Women

Despite its lack of focus and structural issues, there is much to merit in Radium Girls.

Nostalgia Done Right In COBRA KAI
Nostalgia Done Right In COBRA KAI

The series Cobra Kai falls in the category of doing nostalgia right, combining both elemnts of the films of the 1980s while also remaining fresh.

Queerly Ever After #35: SAY YES (2018)
Queerly Ever After #35: SAY YES (2018)

While it had the potential to have been an interesting film, Say Yes is hampered down by heavy-handed plot contrivances.

This Woman’s Work Two Modern Masterpieces from Rita Azevedo Gomes
This Woman’s Work: Two Modern Masterpieces from Rita Azevedo Gomes

MUBI is currently hosting a mini-retrospective highlighting four of her features, including A Woman’s Revenge (2012) and The Portuguese Woman (2018).

THE TOBACCONIST: Love in the Time of Fascism
THE TOBACCONIST: Love in the Time of Fascism

It is an unapologetically quirky indie with a big heart and some very valid points to make about the insidiousness of fascism.

HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD: The Girlhood Gaze
HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD: The Girlhood Gaze

House of Hummingbird isn’t the easiest of films to watch, but it is definitely one of the most rewarding.

THIS TEACHER: A Lesson On How To Make A Great Character
THIS TEACHER: A Lesson On How To Make A Great Character

This Teacher isn’t a commercial film in its treatment of character, theme and aesthetic. But it’s one that deserves a mainstream audience.

SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER: Scrabble Drama Gets Low Word Score
SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER: Scrabble Drama Gets Low Word Score

Featuring a strong performance by Bill Nighy and not a whole lot else, there isn’t much in Sometimes Always Never to make this film stand out.

BLACK LIVES MATTER: Educating Society on the Severity of Systemic Racism Through Cinema
Black Lives Matter: Educating Society On The Severity Of Systemic Racism Through Cinema

Cinema is an incredible and invaluable tool for education, and we need it now more than ever.

KATE NASH: UNDERESTIMATE THE GIRL: An Artist Takes Control of Her Future
KATE NASH: UNDERESTIMATE THE GIRL: An Artist Takes Control of Her Future

The buoyant mood of Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl makes the documentary a joyous, inspirational ninety minutes.

BANANA SPLIT: Friendship Is the New Romance in This Hilarious & Sweet High School Comedy
BANANA SPLIT: Friendship Is the New Romance in This Hilarious & Sweet High School Comedy

This hilarious and poignant high school comedy is the perfect anecdote to soothe those quarantine woes and celebrate the arrival of summer.