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Berlin 2022 ‘Robe of Gems’ Review: Unfocused, Yet Unique Cartel Drama

Visit Films

Mexican director Natalia López Gallardo presents an interesting, yet slightly unfocused narrative about women, cartels and privilege in her directorial debut.

Rotterdam 2022 ‘EAMI’ Review: A Loss of One’s Own

IFFR

Paraguayan Tiger Award winner EAMI is a sensorial tribute to the Ayoreo life.

Rotterdam 2022 ‘Shabu’ Review: Navigating Masculinity

IFFR

Shabu paints a period of time in the life of a boy who’s faced with masculinity in the process of growing up.

Rotterdam 2022 ‘Along the Way’ Review: A New Point of View

IFFR

Mijke de Jong’s Along the Way offers new perspectives on our world, through the eyes of female refugees.

Rotterdam 2022 ‘Please Baby Please’ Review: A Breath of Fresh Camp

IFFR

Amanda Kramer opens this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam with a bang.

Calgary International Film Festival ‘Seuls’ Review: The journey of Lone Refugees

Director Paul Tom crafts an emotionally affecting portrait of the journeys of child refugees in Canada.

Vancouver International Film Festival ‘The Scary of Sixty-First’ Review: Transgressive Campy Horror Satire

Kinematics / Carnegie Hill Entertainment

Director Dasha Nekrasova creates a queer, campy and bonkers satire about conspiracy theorists.

Venice 2021 ‘Al Garib’ Review: An Ode to the Occupied

In one of the greatest must-watches of the year, Syrian director Ameer Fakher Eldin creates a visual masterpiece that pays homage to his motherland and its inhabitants.

Venice 2021: Once Upon a Time in Calcutta’ Review: To Rebuild or Preserve?

With his third film, Indian director Aditya Vikram Sengupta creates an interesting portrait of life in post-communist Kolkata

Venice 2021 ‘Erasing Frank’ Review: A Riot Against Censorship

Erasing Frank is a well-crafted look at censorship by a totalitarian regime behind the iron curtain.