Reviews

Dir.: Levan Koguashvili; Cast: Levan Tediashvili, Giorgi Tabidze, Nadezhada Mikalkova, Kakhi Kausadze, Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Yuriy Zur, Irakli Kavsadze, Irma Gachechiladze; Bulgaria/Georgia/Monaco/Russia/USA 2021, 90 min. Georgian director Levan Koguashvili (Street Days) captures...

Dir: Albaqer Jafeer | Doc, Iraq 74'  “You have dreams, but it’s important to fulfil them too” The cinema has long provided an escape route, a journey into a dreamworld when...

Dir/Ely Dagher | 119’ Drama Lebanon The Sea Ahead is a rather languid feature debut for Lebanese writer/director Ely Dagher opts for moody enigma at the expense of a tangible plot...

Dir/Wri: Haider Rashid | Adam Ali, Svetlana Yancheva, Mohomed Zouaoui, Michael Segal | Italy, Thriller 75' This gritty migration movie clearly takes its cue from the 1964 black and white Czechoslovak...

Dir/Wri: Mark Cousins | Doc, UK 160' A decade after The Story of Film: An Odyssey, comes Mark Cousins' latest deep dive inquiry into the state of filmmaking in the 21st...

Dir: Robert Reinert | Silent film Siegfried Kracauer - who hit thirty the year this feature came out - was able personally to recall the  film’s first release which ran in...

Dir: Hakeem Jomah | Horror, Saudi Arabia 75’ A young Saudi couple’s past regrets and neuroses play out in this startlingly effective genre piece, a sophomore feature for Hakeem Jomah, who has...

Wri/Dir: Mohamed Diab | 98’ Amira is a passionate but conflicted melodrama that turns on a case of mistaken identity involving one of the thousands of babies conceived through artificial insemination...

Dir: Radu Muntean | Romania, 104′ “No good dead goes unpunished” is the idea behind this latest film from Romania’s Radu Muntean (One Floor Below). Întregalde ponders how modern Romania has...