Superboys of Malegaon
Dir. Reema Kagti
Based on the life of a real small town filmmaker, this coming-of-age film is a familiar underdog story. After their…
Sound of Falling
Dir. Mascha Schilinski
Previous depictions of provincial living tend to paint the pastoral experience as idyllic, simple, and much more innocent compared to…
From Ground Zero
Dir. Ahmad Hassunah & Ahmed Al Danaf
From Ground Zero doesn’t have the most number of shorts within an anthology film, though it comes pretty close with…
La Grazia
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
In his last few months as president, Mariano de Santis has a few loose ends to tie up. This includes…
Souleymane’s Story
Dir. Boris Lojkine
What is Souleymane’s Story? Right off the bat, that’s what everyone asks from Souleymane. It’s what his fellow immigrant asks,…
A Samurai In Time
Dir. Junichi Yasuda
Usually, time travellers journey back to the past. This indie comedy takes the other path instead, with one samurai travelling…
Young Hearts
Dir. Anthony Schatteman
Because of the progress society has made, modern day gay romances don’t need to rely on tragedy for conflict. That’s…
Hard Truths
Dir. Mike Leigh
Hurt people hurt people, the saying goes, and nowhere is that more evident than in Hard Truths. Directed by Mike…
It Was Just an Accident
Dir. Jafar Panahi
You can probably predict from the title that an accident starts this thriller but what happens after is totally unexpected.…
Dead Talents Society
Dir. John Hsu
In the Dead Talents Society, ghosts haunting humans are less of a scare, and more a performance that can grant…
All Shall Be Well
Dir. Ray Yeung
While the film is calm, contemplative, and never goes into histrionics, there’s a deep-seated anger in All Shall Be Well…
The Glassworker
Dir. Usman Riaz
Who hasn’t been inspired by Studio Ghibli? Pakistan’s first ever hand-drawn animated feature clearly takes inspiration from the famed film…
Touch
Dir. Baltasar Kormákur
With the internet able to connect people from miles away, the concept of the one that got away has become…
Stonewalling
Dir. Huang Ji & Ryuji Otsuka
At two hours and nearly 30 minutes, Stonewalling is quite long. The third film from spouses Ryuji Otsuka and Huang…
The Beast
Dir. Bertrand Bonello
Are connections truly fated, completely chosen, or purely circumstantial? The slow tragedy of Henry James’ The Beast in the Jungle…
Terrestrial Verses
Dir. Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami
Since we live in a society, interacting with authority is inescapable. Terrestrial Verses depict fairly mundane day-to-day interactions– getting a…
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Dir. Radu Jude
With a title like this, it was expected that Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World…
Blue Giant
Dir. Yuzuru Tachikawa
2023 was a great year for animation with films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Nimona, and The Boy and the…
The Secret Agent
Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
From 1964-1985, Brazil was under a military dictatorship. If you’re looking for films about this period of time, you can…
