While it may not be universally agreed upon, it is generally accepted (usually begrudgingly) that society is built on a steady order, where everyone has their place and is required to stay within it to allow for everything to run as smoothly as possible – but like everything, even this well-maintained order sometimes shifts and…
No Other Land (2024)
“They have destroyed our homes. We have no other land” These chilling words were captured by Basel Adra while witnessing the destruction of the homes of civilians in Masafer Yatta, a region in the southern part of the West Bank and one of the many locations where Israeli military forces set out to destroy for…
Eulogy (2004)
When exploring the subject of death and the grieving process, there’s no shortage of artworks that set out to investigate what it means to lose someone. Most are melancholic, others more bittersweet or heartwarming. However, there are a select few that are slightly more sardonic, if not outright absurd. The reality is that any loss…
Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
Whatever the appeal of true crime stories may be, Hollywood has certainly made it clear that they see this as a viable form of business, considering how many works based on various criminals have been produced in the past. Audiences tend to respond very favourably to these stories, since there is a sense that many…
The Get Out (2026)
Sometimes, you just need to find a way to filter out the anger. This is the premise that Derrick Borte chooses as the starting point for The Get Out (otherwise known as Bear Country in some markets), an adaptation of the novel Strip by Thomas Perry, in which we are introduced to Manco Kapak, an…
Anyone But You (2023)
Over time, the romantic comedy has undergone some severe changes, and it seems like every recent entry into the genre is aiming to be some high-concept work that is filled with twists and turns, since there is an assumption that audiences only want to experience these films if there is some sense of surprise embedded…
Daughters (2014)
I recently spoke (or rather, endlessly praised), Maria Speth’s ambitious education-based documentary, Mr Bachmann and His Class, which is destined to represent a seismic shift in how such simple stories are told. However, this piqued my curiosity enough to venture deeper into the director’s career, as she has steadily been producing films that are not…
Gasoline Alley (1951)
We all define family differently, and the idea that it is only established by a biological connection is a fallacy – blood may be thicker than water, but it doesn’t necessarily always need to be the primary reason for forming an ironclad bond with those who enter our lives and become increasingly important. It lends…
Normal (2026)
There’s a fascinating contradiction in a lot of media from over the years, where it is implied that the smaller and more quaint a town is, the bigger and more sinister the secrets lurking beneath the surface are, which has become such a common narrative trope that it borders on being unbearably cliché, solely because…
Tow (2026)
We all love an underdog story – unless one occupies the rarefied air of never having encountered any kind of difficulty or personal challenges, we’ve all encountered various obstacles, leading us to be predisposed to stories of people who overcome enormous hardships in some way or another, and its always heartening to find examples of…
The Postmodern Pelican 