Burhan Qurbani’s No Beast. So Fierce. is a daring contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Richard III, transforming the classic tale of ambition and treachery to the story of a woman among the gang-controlled streets of Berlin. The film centers on Arab lawyer Rashida York, portrayed with mesmerizing intensity by Kenda Hmeidan, as she maneuvers through a patriarchal underworld to seize power.
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Venice 2023 Review: “Housekeeping for Beginners”
“A gay man and a lesbian woman walk to the altar together” might sound like the setup for a joke, but in Goran Stolevski’s serious drama “Housekeeping for Beginners,” it’s a central moment in a jarring journey into the world of marginalized people in contemporary North Macedonia. Making a return to his motherland after having directed two successful queer features in Australia, Stolevski brilliantly maneuvers through the intersecting lines of discrimination faced by the LGBTQ+ and Roma communities, delivering a daring portrayal of a group of people who do not fit in.
Venice 2022 Review: ‘Blanquita’
A young woman returns to the shelter she had lived in for fourteen years, to make a confession about her experiences with two prominent figures. This unleashes a great media spectacle around the dark activities prominent figures engage in. However, in this socio-political drama, nothing is quite like it seems.
Locarno 2021 ‘The Balcony Movie’ Review: A Tapestry of Human Experiences
Over the course of two years, Polish documentary director Paweł Łoziński studies the lives of people walking by, while he’s standing on his apartment’s balcony.
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