Sareen Hairabedian’s “My Sweet Land” is a searing exploration of resilience, identity, and survival in a land perpetually on the…
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“Calf,” directed and written by Jamie O’Rourke, is a deeply tense and unnerving film. That it is slow to explain…
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…
Qualifying for the 2025 Oscars, Amir Zargara’s short “A Good Day Will Come” is both heartbreaking and necessary. It’s inspired…
This interview has been edited for clarity. Short films have always been a place to foster big ideas, and Ashley…
How do we make the places we are in feel like home? In “All We Imagine as Light,” Payal Kapadia’s…
This year, QCinema International Film Festival’s “Screen International” section showcases the year’s most talked-about, award-winning films from around the world,…
“Greed is not a financial issue. It’s a heart issue”—Andy Stanley. Various emotions of human beings have been depicted in…
Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), the confrontational, cantankerous and miserable spitfire in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” is so relentlessly combative that many…