Film Review
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin EN.
An Ode to a Time I Loved Bread (2023): Bread and Breaking Free
Read articlesMany would associate bread as a basic boring food, but those words certainly don’t describe the charmingly creative An Ode to a Time I Loved Bread (Neema Ngelime, 2023). Presented…
The Time After the Rain (2022): Heavy Rain to Endure, Harsh Reality to Live Through
Read articlesFate and reality share one thing in common, and it’s that they won’t always present themselves the way you expect them to. This premise introduced us into the story of…
Las apariencias (2023): The Black Ghost of La Pampa
Read articlesThey were being watched, they said, by something evil. Something nonhuman. A dark thing, making the cattle raise their voices. Something red, and upon it is an angry, ugly history.…
Abyssal (2021): Navigating Time and Space in A Pile of Shipwrecks
Read articlesIn old abandoned ships, the shipbreakers are the last inhabitants. They are ensnared by the ship’s silence while dreaming far away from Bahía Honda. Ironically, a ship that has the…
Calls from Moscow (2023): Faint Hope on a Vulnerable Back
Read articlesContent warning: The film in this review contains material that may be triggering. Viewer discretion advised. For some, to seek fortune is to challenge miracles. Four queer migrants from Cuba…
Proof (2019): A Thought-Evoking, Exemplary Tale of Women Against the World
Read articlesContent warning: This review contains material that may be triggering. Reader discretion advised. “At last we have a son, thanks to you!”, says a man to Mandeep, a doctor who…
The Pasha, my mother and I (2023): The Search for One’s “Legacy”
Read articles“I think your mother is now considered as the Cemil Pasha family’s last samurai, fighting for the Kurdish movement.” We’ve all heard the saying that mothers are the unsung heroes…
Tedious Days and Nights (2023): Stumbling upon the Frozen Past
Read articlesWhat are you thinking about growing old? Is it a depiction of weakness, ugliness, or even uselessness? Perhaps, the fear and worry of old age is a horror for some…
Monisme (2023): Obtrusiveness Loud Magic Tale
Read articlesMerapi is not merely any natural landscape attraction, it is a space and time. Monisme (Riar Rizaldi, 2023) takes us on an in-depth journey into the magic of Mount Merapi…
The Maestrat on Film (2022): Audiovisual Archive and What it Follows
Read articlesAudiovisual archives are the perfect medium to revisit fragments of the past. Perhaps we can look at pictures, paintings, or photographs to see the visualization of events that once occurred.…
Wa’anak Witu Watu (2021): The Neglected Breath of Life
Read articlesA solid and inanimate object without any significance. That may be the line some of us use to describe stones. However, in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, there are stories and mysteries…
Laboratory No 2 (2021): Death is A Form of Courage
Read articlesInstead of presenting us the concept that death is the end of everything, Laboratory No 2 (Edris Abdi, Awara Omer Saeed, 2021) tries to give us their contradictory two cents.…
Onlookers (2023): Perhaps, We’re The Observers Too
Read articlesWhy do we travel? What are we really looking for in our travels? Onlookers (Kimi Takesue, 2023) takes us on a mesmerizing journey through the landscape and daily life in…
The Book of Life… (2023): The Tales of and from Family
Read articlesSearching, letting go, and persevering are the three-act narratives told in The Book of Life and Three Stories about Women and the Unseen in the Midst of the Pandemic (Ismail…
Murdijati Gardjito (2023): Preserving Food Security through Gastronomy Legacy
Read articlesFood security is an important element of national resilience. Without good quality foods, easy access and sufficient stock, a nation will weaken and slowly lose its identity. Food is a…