SXSW Review: Vai
Vai is a portmanteau film telling the stories of eight different women named Vai. Residing in seven different Pacific countries, their name means ...
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SXSW Review: Vision Portraits
Vision Portraits is the rare kind of film that you’ve always hoped to see, heralding back to the earliest use of montage in ...
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SXSW Review: For Sama
For Sama is the story of the Syrian uprising and civil war, told through the point of view of Waad al Kateab. Her ...
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SXSW Review: Community First, a Home for the Homeless
Community First is a true passion project of director Layton Blaylock. Seeing him involved in the residents’ lives is a powerful thing and ...
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SXSW Review: Go Back To China
Go Back To China will no doubt received mixed reviews from audiences of different backgrounds, but I’m of the opinion that it was ...
Review: An Elephant Sitting Still
Writer/director Hu Bo took his own life shortly after completing An Elephant Sitting, adapted from one of his own stories. He was only ...
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Review: Penguin Highway
Youth being wiser than their age might be a well-worn trope of cinema, but it’s effective for one simple reason: we all wish ...
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Review: Cold Pursuit
Liam Neeson is a very accomplished actor with an extraordinary acting range and physical talent. It’s a shame that ever since his appearance ...
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Review: The Conners (Season One)
Spin-offs are hardly a new thing in the realm of television. There’s an old quote that says something to the effect of, “A ...
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Review: Carmen Sandiego (Season One)
It has been a great many years since the world has heard the name Carmen Sandiego. What was once a mega-popular edutainment franchise ...
Review: On the Basis of Sex
Biopics have come a long way in the last 20 years. What used to be extreme dramatizations of a person’s life have given ...
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Review: Capernaum
Capernaum made me think that we’re so privileged in the West: there are so many cultures in the world that haven’t had the safety ...