Review: Faya Dayi (2021)
Along with Beshir’s artistry, one of the film’s key assets is its filming location, the historical city of Harar in Eastern Ethiopia.
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Review: Dar-Dar (2020)
Urkijo Alijo does a very cleaver trick to add an artificial layer of patina to the story, by filming it in stark black and white contrast and in boxy 4:3 aspect ratio, highlighting the feeling of an old, old movie with the textual cards of rhymed material replacing the dialogue completely
Review: Our Bed Is Green (2021)
There are echoes of the Japanese anime films from the 90s and an array of the live action dystopian SF-noirs from Blade Runner to Strange Days. But design-wise, Our Bed Is Green is something else
Review: The Mechanical Dancer (2021)
‘The Mechanical Dancer’ faces the biggest problem when its retro look gets contrasted by the crisp quality of the digital animation.
Review: Breaches (2021)
Breaches focuses on insufficient measures to do something about the domestic abuse, such as the inefficient restraining orders and the technology possible to hack or fool
Review: Utuqaq (2021)
‘Utuqaq’ is far from a groundbreaking documentary about the climate change, but it does what its director promises – it tells a planetary story of the Arctic with its magnificent landscapes almost completely empty of people.
Review: Coffee & Sugar (2021)
As a viewing experience, Coffee & Sugar is genuinely heart-warming.
Review: Nuevo Rico (2021)
Success comes with a steep price to pay and it is a part of the universal human knowledge.
Review: Ghost Dogs (2021)
Ghost Dogs is a film that banks on its spooky atmosphere and deft visual storytelling with hardly any dialogue involved.
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