Life has never been easy for people like Junie Moon and her friends, who decide to check out of the hospital in which they have been residents for a while, and take up the challenge of starting their own home – Junie is a victim of a vicious acid attack that has left most of…
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Souleymane’s Story (2025)
There are few subjects today that stir up quite as much discourse as that of immigration, and it seems like the conversation around the people that seek refuge in supposedly “developed” countries will always undoubtedly devolve into ferocious arguments about the need to preserve a culture and its people, as if many of these countries…
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)
Some stories exist to teach a lesson, others to communicate a specific message. The kind that I find is often the most surprising, but yet oddly the one we see only sporadically, are those which set out to just capture emotions more than reaching a specific narrative point. Sometimes, it’s just a matter of striking…
Eagles of the Republic (2025)
There is only one subject that the film industry loves above all others: itself. There is seemingly nothing that energises a filmmaker more than telling a story set within the world of cinema, and whether through deep reverence or merciless lampooning (or some combination of them both), there is something about the metafictional nature of…
Chicken and Duck Talk (1988)
Two art forms that have proven to be unexpectedly compatible bedfellows are cinema and cuisine, with food and film going together remarkably well, especially in instances when the two are combined. Films centring around food in various forms have tended to be extremely popular, since they touch on a universal experience, which is the feeling…
Queen Bees (2021)
One of the reasons many films tend to get dismissed as minor efforts is that they possess strong premises, but fail in the execution of their interesting ideas. One of the most unfortunate examples of this in the past year is Queen Bees, which is a film that certainly deserved to be better than what…
Sirāt (2025)
How far would you go to rescue the ones you love? For most of us, such a question isn’t even worth asking, since there are limits to the risk we are willing to take to help the people we care about, which is even more applicable for the love a parent has for their children….
Critical Condition (1987)
There are many principles that medical doctors are required to follow, some more practical while others veer towards the philosophical. Yet, perhaps the most important is the pledge to “first do no harm”, which forms part of the Hippocratic Oath that all medical professionals are told to use as the guiding factor into their professional…
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Every filmmaker has their defining works, and some of them establish themselves as such important voices in the medium, their films can run the gamut from underrated to woefully overpraised. In the case of Steven Spielberg, everyone has a different opinion as to what precisely represents his best work, and the criteria usually range from…
Dumbo (1941)
Every child has a few sets of films that undeniably shaped their formative years, playing a vital role in their development and aiding in their growth over time. Some tend to cross over between generations, which is usually a sign of not only the strength of storytelling, but also emotional brilliance and genuine creativity. This…
The Postmodern Pelican 