“The Ugly Stepsister” opens with young Elvira (Lea Myren) clutching to a book of poetry authored by the man of…
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“Irréversible” is a notorious French arthouse thriller. The film dropped in 2002 and is the product of filmmaker Gaspar Noé.…
Kana can’t focus. She’s meeting a friend at a café, catching up over the kind of news that should shake…
A cabin in the woods invites certain expectations. The very image suggests encroaching doom, an isolated space where tensions fester…
Beata Parkanová’s “Tiny Lights” (Czech: Světýlka) captures a dissolving family from an unusual perspective—that of a six-year-old girl. Rather than…
Belgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez has always been fascinated with his protagonists’ personal responsibility amidst family dynamics. From his debut feature…
The Białowieża Forest, a sprawling wilderness straddling the Polish-Belarusian border, is a place of ancient beauty. For Asia and Marek,…
Sareen Hairabedian’s “My Sweet Land” is a searing exploration of resilience, identity, and survival in a land perpetually on the…
There’s an almost primal satisfaction in watching someone’s carefully constructed life crumble under the weight of their own ambitions, especially…
What happens when the very systems meant to deliver justice and safety are themselves riddled with inequality and abuse? In…