High in the Alps live the reclusive Maria (Susanne Jensen) and her grown son, Johannes (Franz Rogowski). Fleeing to their “Eden” when Johannes was just a boy, he has been sheltered from the world and still has the faculties and comprehension of a child. His only form of education – or rather, indoctrination – comes…
Tag: International Cinema
Death of Nintendo
Living in the shadow of Mt. Pinatubo in the early 1990s, there is only one thing on the mind of Paolo (Noel Comia Jr.) and his friend Kachi (John Vincent Servilla); the new Nintendo game, The Legend of Zelda. Unfortunately, due to blackouts from earthquakes and the soon-to-erupt volcano, the boys are unable to play…
The Medium
In the mountains of Thailand is a shrine to an ancestral spirit, Bayan, and her shaman, Nim (Sawanee Utoomma), who works as a seamstress in the nearby town. As is tradition, Bayan selects a female in the family line to possess and fill the role of the spirit’s shaman, but the process causes a lot…
The Feast
Glenda (Nia Roberts) enlists the help of Cadi (Annes Elwy) in preparing a rich feast for her family and associates at their country estate. She wants to make a good impression of a happy successful family despite their perceived shortcomings: her husband Gwyn’s (Julian Lewis Jones) questionable skill as a provider, their older son Gweirydd…
Feast
In 2007, in the Dutch city of Groningen, three men were charged and found guilty of hosting sex parties wherein they would drug the gay men they lured to their home, inject them with syringes of HIV-positive blood, and leave their unconscious bodies strewn about the city. Tim Leyendekker directs Feast, released by Mubi in…
Cobalt Blue
When a nameless tenant (Prateik Babbar) moves into a vacant upstairs room at a Fort Kochi estate, his presence greatly disrupts the traditional family dynamic. The stunning and mysterious heartthrob catches the attention of Tanay (Neelay Mehendale), the middle child of the family and an aspiring poet, as well as Anuja (Anjali Sivaraman), the youngest,…
Gagarine
Cité Gagarine was a Soviet-constructed housing project built in France in 1963 and named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The complex would eventually come to house many immigrants from Europe to France, until its condemnation in 2019 and subsequent 16-month long demolition. Gagarine is a touching eulogy of a film that follows Youri (Alséni Bathily), a…
Rien à Foutre
Cassandre (Adèle Exarchopoulos) is a twenty-six-year-old flight attendant at the budget airline, Wings. When not in the air she fills her time with parties, drinks, and one-night stands – a truly transient lifestyle so as not to be held back. When her contract ends, she is given the option of termination or advancement to cabin…
The Worst Person in the World
Julie (Renate Reinsve) is a young woman who feels stuck as she drifts through life trying to find out who she wants to be. Through multiple relationships, jobs, and friendships, she slowly begins to find her path, but it does not come easy. She has to leave some people behind her in order to grow,…
The Marquee Topic 