Films This Week · Review Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Oval Portrait” (2025) Movie Review: A Lovecraftian slow-burn with a stoic love for all things old Shikhar Verma October 29, 2025
Films This Week · Review The Long Walk (2025) Movie Review: An Unflinchingly Brutal, Emotionally Punishing Stephen King Adaptation Liam Gaughan October 25, 2025
Films This Week · Review Param Sundari (2025) Movie Review: Janhvi Kapoor & Sidharth Malhotra’s cross-cultural rom-com is dead on arrival Shikhar Verma September 9, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review Love Me Tender (2025) ‘Cinemania’ Movie Review: Quiet Resilience in the Face of Queer Parental Persecution Julian Malandruccolo November 10, 2025November 10, 2025
Featured · Film Festivals · Review A Magnificent Life (Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol, 2025) ‘Cinemania’ Movie Review: Textured Animation Lends Depth to a Hastily Sketched Portrait of a French Icon Julian Malandruccolo November 9, 2025November 9, 2025
Film Festivals · Review The World Of Love (Segyeui Ju-in, 2025) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: Yoon Ga-eun’s Exceptional Film Encourages Us To Be the Masters of Our Own Worlds Freddie Kay October 28, 2025October 29, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Die My Love (2025) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: Lynne Ramsay Returns With a Gutting Portrait of a Mother on Fire Hayyan Khawaja October 20, 2025October 29, 2025
Film Festivals · Review The Last One for the Road (Le città di pianura, 2025) ‘FNC’ Movie Review: A Light Cruise Across the Italian Plains Julian Malandruccolo October 19, 2025October 29, 2025
Film Festivals · Review La Grazia (2025) ‘FNC’ Movie Review: Paolo Sorrentino’s Self-Consciously Moderate Plea for Mercy Julian Malandruccolo October 17, 2025October 29, 2025
ReviewTrain Dreams (2025) Movie Review: An Intimate Passage Through the Vastness of America’s Last FrontierNovember 10, 2025 Julian Malandruccolo
Featured · Film Festivals · ReviewLove Me Tender (2025) ‘Cinemania’ Movie Review: Quiet Resilience in the Face of Queer Parental PersecutionNovember 10, 2025 Julian Malandruccolo
ReviewNo Pictures With My Father (2025) Documentary Review: A personal essay that recounts estrangement and reconnection with surface-level precision November 9, 2025 Shikhar Verma
Train Dreams (2025) Movie Review: An Intimate Passage Through the Vastness of America’s Last Frontier
Love Me Tender (2025) ‘Cinemania’ Movie Review: Quiet Resilience in the Face of Queer Parental Persecution
No Pictures With My Father (2025) Documentary Review: A personal essay that recounts estrangement and reconnection with surface-level precision
Film Festivals · Review Cloud (Kuraudo, 2024) ‘CIFF’ Movie Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Minor Con Thriller Takes Scrappy Turns Debanjan Dhar March 2, 2025
Review Holy Spider (2022) Movie Review: Mashhad’s ‘Spider Killer’ and a Tale of Layered Depravity Shinji Alizeh Majumder October 17, 2024
Review Dirty Laundry (2024) Movie Review: A surprisingly mature take on masculinity and male friendship Shikhar Verma October 17, 2024
Film Festivals · Review The Surfer (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: G’day? It is not. Freddie Kay March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review Bird (2024) ‘FNC’ Movie Review: Andrea Arnold Takes Flight With a Lightened Touch to Her Gritty Realism Julian Malandruccolo March 2, 2025
Film Festivals · Review By the Stream (2024) ‘FNC’ Movie Review: Hong Sang-soo Continues His Reflective Odyssey Across Minor Waters Julian Malandruccolo March 2, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Anora (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: It’s Not Your Typical Meet-Cute Freddie Kay March 2, 2025
BFI London Film Festival · Film Festivals · Review Harvest (2024) ‘LFF’ Movie Review: A Haunting Tale of Nature and Humanity Jamie Carlstrand October 24, 2024
Film Festivals · Review A Real Pain (2024) ‘Leiden IFF’ Movie Review: The Agony of Unsettled Reflections Sofia Topi March 2, 2025
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