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Dahomey

Dahomey

Dahomey, a feature documentary directed by Mati Diop also has quotes for this type of author. In the film, the recovery of royal objects of the Kingdom of Dahomey created in the 17th century is shown–26 in total. The objects were returned to the Republic of Benin at the end of 2021 after they circulated […]

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Mothers' Instinct

Mothers’ Instinct

“Mothers’ Instinct” thrives most of all due to its sensational premise. No wonder, it is quite gratifying to see two brilliant actresses pitted against each other in a classical performance. Nevertheless, it seems that even the experienced Benoit Delhomme (the DOP of such projects as ‘A Most Wanted Man’, ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ and others) shoots

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Salem’s Lot

Salem’s Lot

I was quite keen for “Salem’s Lot.” Being a great admirer of Stephen King–who I consider the ‘master of horror’ and ‘Salem’s Lot'(1975) as one of his best works–I also do not like it how much Max/WB refuses to let their ‘n’en production Zorba‘, ‘Coyote Vs Acme’ and other Hollywood projects to like ‘Batgirl be

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Hold Your Breath

Hold Your Breath

On a personal prespective, the horror genre in 2024 is filled with COVID somehow. It includes isolation more than before than the stories one could find in any given genre. It is a well-known fact that since 2020 everyone was mostly confined to their homes so the cinema where parent’s anxiety is about the unknown

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The Last Showgirl

The Last Showgirl

The audience was treated to the world premiere of her new film–the fascinating The Last Showgirl and Pamela Anderson who is a Canadian by birth declared to the packed audience “This is the role that I have dreamed of all my life” and then added roguishly that it was the very first “intellectual” movie she

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Intercepted

Intercepted

Oksana Karpovych’s new documentary film ‘Intercepted’ refreshingly looks at the problem of the war in Ukraine. There have been many brave documentary filmmakers and journalists who have gone into the war since its outbreak in February 2022, but Karen Karpovych has captured many of the iconic imagery of Ukrainian resilience shown in documentaries and media

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Good One

Good One

A dulling sense of inevitability in a person’s life regarding everything invisible and imperceptible begins to expand and irreversibly change. Most crucial things are not contained in things that the dialogue says. I believe that we’ve all faced up to this rage with a shudder at least once in a lifetime, but as far as

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