REVIEWS
Post-film thoughts.
The Exiles (Los Tortuga): Textured Kinship
Spanish director Belén Funes’ The Exiles (original title: Los Tortuga) peers at that fragile relationship through the lens of its two main characters as they attempt to strike a balance between their own perceptions of each other and reality.
The Paradise of Thorns: On Getting Even
Imagine you have spent years of your life with your partner, working together to maintain a family business. You’ve invested all the money you have and spent every day labouring all to have it taken away from you because your name is missing from one document. How far would you go to get it back?
Seeds: Embracing Rage
Those first few minutes of Seeds, Kaniehtiio Horn’s debut feature film, tells us exactly what we’re in for—a tongue-in-cheek comedy-thriller, but one grounded in very real questions of identity, colonialism, and heritage.
The Mountain: An Authentic Māori Story Marking Multiple Brilliant Debuts
The Mountain is a multi-layered treat. Visually stunning and moving, it allows the paradisiacal landscapes of Taranaki to do all the talking. Thematically, too, The Mountain is rich and kaleidoscope-like in what it can offer to its audience.
All We Imagine As Light: Beauty in the Ordinary
Kapadia demands your attention with the slow pace of the film and rewards those who give it. It is a deeply honest representation of what it feels like to live and to learn from the people you don’t realize you can learn from.