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Black Dog (2024), directed by Guan Hu, premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and won the Un Certain Regard prize. Set in 2008 in a desolate Chinese town on the edge of the Gobi Desert, the film unfolds against preparations for the Beijing Olympics. It follows Lang, portrayed by Eddie Peng, an ex-convict and […]

No Other Land (2024) is a harrowing documentary that exposes the harsh realities faced by Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, a region in the southern West Bank.  Directed by a collaborative team of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers—Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor—it captures the systemic demolitions and forced expulsions carried out by Israeli […]

Bruce Weber’s Let’s Get Lost is a mesmerizing and melancholic documentary that captures the enigmatic essence of Chet Baker, the “James Dean of Jazz.” Known for his smoky, whispery voice and effortless trumpet playing, Baker was both a romantic icon and a tortured soul, embodying the highs and lows of the jazz scene in the […]

Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955), the first film in the Apu Trilogy, is a landmark in world cinema and a deep exploration of life’s fragility and endurance. Set in a rural Bengal village, it tells the story of a poor family struggling to survive amidst grinding poverty. Through the eyes of young Apu and his […]