When someone has experienced an unspeakable tragedy, there is very little that can be done to soothe a broken soul – but for some, accountability is more than enough to push them towards a place of healing. This isn’t always necessarily easy to acquire, especially not when it involves people who don’t understand the enormity…
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Last Orders (2001)
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” These words form perhaps the simplest but effective summary of what friendship represents – and surprisingly, it is not a contemporary quote, but rather found in the musings of the great philosopher Aristotle, who spoke about the concept of friendship with such beautiful and…
Eephus (2025)
The term “eephus” is not particularly well-known to those of us who do not follow baseball. However, it is defined as a particular kind of pitch in which the ball is thrown with a relatively low velocity, but still travels in an unusually high arc. The process of waiting for the ball to arrive for…
My Favourite Cake (2024)
Is it ever too late to start again? This is a question that has been asked since time immemorial and has been the subject of constant pondering by a range of philosophers. Social critics alike, who observe the surrounding world and attempt to offer some solution to something that has clearly been the source of…
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Everyone who has lived in a major city or urban area has likely at some point in their life imagined the joys that would come from leaving the hustle and bustle of whatever metropolis that defines their daily routine, venturing into the countryside and starting a far simpler life. It is a concept that is…
The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025)
We are often misled into thinking that the head of state is the most powerful position one can be in, at least in terms of governance. These are the elected officials who are chosen by their populations (in most cases) to represent them and serve their best interests. However, it does not take too much…
Box of Moonlight (1996)
While it may not be easily admitted by some due to the idea that we should never be open about such bizarre impulses, there comes a point in all of our lives where we simply want to escape our humdrum, banal existence and simply retreat into the wilderness, whether literally or metaphorically, since it speaks…
Wind, Talk to Me (2025)
Nothing bonds a family like trauma, since the experience of losing a loved one tends to bring even the most conflicted people together as they attempt to navigate the grief and despair that comes with a great loss. In the case of Wind, Talk to Me, director Stefan Djordjevic makes his feature-length debut, crafting a…
Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
There’s a concept that tends to emerge in media from time to time, which is the idea that someone realises their life is in danger, but the person they fear is not some foreboding stranger, but rather someone very close to them, whether it’s a family member or lover. We’ve seen a few works over…
Sorry, Baby (2025)
There are some subjects so profoundly difficult to discuss that the idea of making a film about them, especially a comedy, is beyond unfathomable. Yet, nothing is truly impossible when we find a perfect blend of good intentions and strong storytelling skills, which is where we can situate ourselves with Sorry, Baby, a film that…
The Postmodern Pelican 