Canadian Film Festival 2019 Review: “Nowhere” (2019) ★★★
It’s a well-known syndrome of small rural towns when they’re freaked out every time someone new appears. It’s almost like a fear that the status of a local celebrity [continue reading]
March 2019
Canadian Film Festival Review: “Screaming On The Inside” (2018) ★★★
In the era of social networks, search engines, phones, and cameras, our life is easily exposed by those who want to benefit from our weakness. This is the reason why the [continue reading]
Canadian Film Festival 2019 Review: “Duck Duck Goose” (2018) ★★★★
A friend once told me that they’re tired of being frisked by security personnel at the airport due to the tough security measures. They exclaimed, “Why should I remove my [continue reading]
SXSW 2019 Film Review: “The Longest Night” (2019) ★★★★★
What is the main duty of cinema? It has to entertain us, am I not right? It has to give us hope, a life lesson, provide guidance, and show a variety of people we may never [continue reading]
SXSW 2019 Film Review: “Alice” (2019) ★★★★★
It’s absolutely challenging to even begin writing about Josephine Mackerras’ thought-provoking drama, “Alice”, that premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival. [continue reading]
TIFF 2018 Interview: Benedikt Erlingsson On “Woman At War”
Woman At War Director Benedikt Erlingsson. Courtesy of Mongrel Media European cinema has always been rich, imaginative, and creative. The subject matter they have in their [continue reading]
TIFF 2018 Interview: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir Talks “Woman At War”
Still from Woman At War. Photo by Benedikt_Erlingsson. Courtesy of Mongrel Media In most cases, it takes only one person to change the world. You might wonder how. The answer [continue reading]
Interview: Danishka Esterhazy Talks “Level 16”
Source: IMDB “Level 16” was one of those films I could not wait to watch. Written and directed by Danishka Esterhazy, it offers a grim look into the closed and highly [continue reading]
Film Review: “Mission of Honor” (2018) ★★
What does the past teach us? Do we really look back to process everything that happened and see what lessons we could have taken from it? Sadly, whether now or then, tomorrow [continue reading]
Film Review: “Carga” (2018) ★★★★
Money – what can we buy with it? Respect? Friendship? Love? Care? Sure! How about selling something for money? Let’s say – a soul? Dignity? Empathy! Human [continue reading]
