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October 8 (2024) 72% “The informative film calls attention to an important issue, but viewers should recognize that the perspective is one-sided. ” – Variety Mar 26, 2025 Full Review Cicadas (2025) “Playing out in several non-complementary registers and burdened with a lot of barely sketched-out backstory, "Cicadas" is more confounding than compelling” – Variety Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Two Women (2025) 95% “Why aspire to remake a sex comedy with a feminist gaze if you don’t even bother to give the main female characters some backbone?” – Variety Jan 26, 2025 Full Review Folktales (2025) 79% “With the epic, primal beauty of its remote location, “Folktales” scores high on visual aesthetics, but rates lower on actual content, as the youth characters aren’t as fully-fledged as one could wish.” – Variety Jan 26, 2025 Full Review Take My Breath (2023) “Unfortunately, the well-intentioned screenplay by Hafaiedh and Pascal Jousse piles on such a plethora of social issues (police corruption, violence against women, sexual trafficking, illegal immigration) that it overwhelms the central storyline. ” – Variety Dec 18, 2024 Full Review 6 in the Morning (2024) “Although the indie feature mostly looks and plays like a middling 온라인카지노추천 drama, it still paints a surprisingly critical picture.” – Variety Dec 17, 2024 Full Review Yalla Parkour (2024) 80% “It is an approach that may connect with some viewers, although for this reviewer, it undermines the more dynamic and compelling struggles of the young Gazan. ” – Variety Dec 10, 2024 Full Review How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024) 98% “With an engaging cast led by dimpled actor and pop singer Putthipong “Billkin” Assaratanakul and 78-year-old Usha “Taew” Seamkhum, it renders universal the central message of cherishing those we love while there is still time.” – Variety Dec 2, 2024 Full Review Old Fox (2023) “Director Hsiao, who started his career working for Taiwanese auteur Hou Hsiao-hsien, hasn’t yet achieved his master’s touch, but he shows potential, while proving himself a humanist at heart.” – Variety Nov 26, 2024 Full Review My Sweet Land (2024) “Artfully combining lyrical images that she shot with news footage, Hairabedian captures an indoctrination that, sadly, seems destined to keep the situation intractable from generation to generation.” – Variety Nov 25, 2024 Full Review Drowning Dry (2024) 94% “Although it won’t be to all tastes, audiences open to a different sort of world cinema that repays careful attention should find it a stimulating and imaginative work.” – Variety Nov 14, 2024 Full Review Quisling: The Final Days (2024) “With its terrifyingly topical look into the complicated mind of an autocratic leader, tour de force performances by the two leads, striking cinematography and notable period production design, this is a gripping cinematic experience.” – Variety Sep 9, 2024 Full Review My Late Summer (2024) “Both entertaining and laced with a poignant wistfulness, the regional co-production features some of the director’s longtime collaborators in the cast and crew.” – Variety Aug 28, 2024 Full Review Mother Mara (2024) “Some viewers... may find the older woman/younger man dynamic implausible, but the performances of the two leads and a late twist in the plot do a pretty decent job of selling it.” – Variety Aug 26, 2024 Full Review Moon (2024) “While the multiple ellipses may annoy the more narratively-driven viewer, others will thrill to the mood Ayub creates and the way she plays with audience expectations. ” – Variety Aug 22, 2024 Full Review Family Therapy (2024) “While a fun watch for most of its run, Prosenc allows the narrative to spin out of control, running on past several natural endings... [But] the glorious cinematography, strong acting and breath-taking production design provide some compensation.” – Variety Aug 19, 2024 Full Review Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023) 100% “The low-budget production benefits from an articulate and charismatic lineup of expert interviewees, fascinating archival footage and some welcome humor.” – Variety Jul 17, 2024 Full Review Bad Shabbos (2024) 83% “A strong ensemble cast nails the tasty dialogue and increasingly frantic action without falling into shtick.” – Variety Jun 20, 2024 Full Review Longing (2024) 29% “It seems odd that given the chance to remake his own film, Gabizon didn’t choose to make his protagonist more sympathetic or change the scenes that seem so out of tune with contemporary audiences.” – Variety Jun 10, 2024 Full Review Simon of the Mountain (2024) 90% “Although sensitively shot, “Simon of the Mountain” seems driven by a goal to make audiences uncomfortable and force them to grapple with those feelings. ” – Variety May 29, 2024 Full Review Being Maria (2024) 62% “Despite a clunky air of earnestness and some soap opera-like scenes, plus the overly familiar arc of a celebrity spiraling out of control, the film resonates because the central topic is so of the moment. ” – Variety May 28, 2024 Full Review Blue Sun Palace (2024) 100% ““Palace” prioritizes mood over plot. Tsang allows her experienced actors plenty of breathing space to convey the melancholy of their existence in situations where dreams are more likely to be deferred than to come true.” – Variety May 24, 2024 Full Review My Love Affair with Marriage (2022) 90% “With “My Love Affair with Marriage,” animator Signe Baumane creates another dense personal narrative that expresses complicated concepts and ideas in images.” – Variety Dec 28, 2023 Full Review Tiger Stripes (2023) 97% “From the exuberant credits and opening sequence through to the end, “Tiger Stripes” is the work of a confident new talent whose next work will be eagerly awaited.” – Variety Dec 9, 2023 Full Review Bye Bye Tiberias (2023) 100% “If there is any one takeaway from the film, it’s the importance of family attachments and the succor they provide.” – Variety Dec 8, 2023 Full Review
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