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Gábor Reisz’s third feature film, *Explanation for Everything*, ambitiously tackles significant and complex themes such as patriotism, political polarization, the role of media in politics, and historical reverberations. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Hungary, where ultra-nationalism has gained substantial traction, Reisz delves into the origins and consequences of this socio-political climate. With a substantial […]

You walk into the cinema and sit amongst children, feeling somewhat out of place. 102 minutes later, you leave the cinema feeling shaken and wonder if the kids next to you were capable of comprehending the profound emotions that were so subtly expressed, without the utterance of even a single word. Robotic Dreams is more […]

After watching a Sofia Coppola film I always feel some kind of emptiness inside me. This is also the case with this film. For those who are not familiar with Sofia Coppola, her work is characterized by the themes: Loneliness and isolation, youth and innocence and outsiders. The film opens in Germany at a military […]

It doesn’t take much for a dinner party to go south, especially if it’s on the eve of a big move from Hanover to Berlin in the midst of a pandemic. Tension runs high and an awkwardly unpredictable guest list consisting of hasty cancellations and uninvited guests pushes the night towards inevitable chaos and breakdown. […]

Words and facts play the most decisive role in the courtroom. But what if they can’t lead us to the full truth? Justine Triet’s newest film, Anatomy of a Fall, was presented at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. I had the chance to see the film in one of the great cinema halls in Cannes, […]

“War Pony” (2022) is a movie that could be distinguished by its so-called “realness”. Little special effects, a plot without a happy ending, and characters who are not the over-idealized version of archaic human exemplars. The scenography gives us the feeling as if the camera was simply following the people of Pine Ridge Reservation in […]

Korean music leads us into the opening scene: a receptionist interacts with an interesting new guest at the hotel, switching quickly from Korean to English and finally French when she sees her passport. A film that opens with music and three languages in succession within the first three minutes is well set for complexity. Having […]

Director Saim Sadiq’s Joyland was highly praised when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (the first Pakistani film to ever be selected), but it caused quite a bit of stir and discussion in Pakistan. The tender queer love story between a married man named Haider (Ali Junejo) and a transgender woman named Biba (Alina […]