The Present: Review. by Alif Majeed. When you watch a short film, you often wonder if it would have the same impact if it were a feature-length movie. The Present worked both ways for me as I enjoyed it in its present form, but I also wished to see more
True Mothers: Review. By Luke Foulder-Hughes. True Mothers is a 2020 film directed by Naomi Kawase that follows three main characters as they work out issues with child bearing and adoption. I’m personally a fan of older Japanese cinema but I haven’t seen many films from Japan post 1990, so
Playdurizm is the debut feature film by the young artist, Gem Deger, who writes, directs and stars in this avant-garde sci-fi/fantasy/horror. The strange and frankly nonsensical plot would be impossible to describe properly without writing a detailed outline. However, as a brief summary Playdurizm follows Demir (Deger), a teenager who finds
Synopsis: Cherry (Tom Holland) drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq – anchored only by his true love, Emily (Ciara Bravo). After returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world. Based on Nico Walker's
This Korean short film centers on Yeonsoo Tak (Do Eun Lee) as she reconnects with her mother, Mina Park (Chaewon Kim). It is revealed early on that Mina has left Yeonsoo and her father, and has been away from home for a couple of weeks. Before the start of the
