Less than a week before the Filipino public once again marches to the polls, it’s hard not to recall a…
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“The Ugly Stepsister” opens with young Elvira (Lea Myren) clutching to a book of poetry authored by the man of…
“Irréversible” is a notorious French arthouse thriller. The film dropped in 2002 and is the product of filmmaker Gaspar Noé.…
Kana can’t focus. She’s meeting a friend at a café, catching up over the kind of news that should shake…
A cabin in the woods invites certain expectations. The very image suggests encroaching doom, an isolated space where tensions fester…
Beata Parkanová’s “Tiny Lights” (Czech: Světýlka) captures a dissolving family from an unusual perspective—that of a six-year-old girl. Rather than…
Belgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez has always been fascinated with his protagonists’ personal responsibility amidst family dynamics. From his debut feature…
The Białowieża Forest, a sprawling wilderness straddling the Polish-Belarusian border, is a place of ancient beauty. For Asia and Marek,…
Sareen Hairabedian’s “My Sweet Land” is a searing exploration of resilience, identity, and survival in a land perpetually on the…
There’s an almost primal satisfaction in watching someone’s carefully constructed life crumble under the weight of their own ambitions, especially…