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September 16, 2018

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Film Review: “I’m No Longer Here” Offers a Striking Odyssey

I’m No Longer Here (Fernando Frias, 2019) 3 out of 4 stars. Gorgeously photographed, even in its grittiest moments, and evocatively edited between its two time frames, I’m No Longer Here tells the story of young Ulises as he embarks on an odyssey to and from the underworld. In a nice twist on the usual […]

Film Review: “Crystal Swan” Presents Evocative View of Post-Soviet Belarus

Crystal Swan (Darya Zhuk, 2018) 3 out of 4 stars. The time is 1996, the location Minsk, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Belarus. Twentysomething Evelina Soroka – Velya for short – feels out of sorts and out of place in this unsettled era of rapid change that has left her country reeling from economic […]

Film Review: “Take Me Somewhere Nice” Travels to Evocative Cinematic Shores

Take Me Somewhere Nice (Ena Sendijarevic, 2019) 4 out of 4 stars. Alma is a Bosnian-born young woman, living in the Netherlands, whose father, long since back in his native land, is dying. And so, despite her mother’s misgivings (muttering “that bastard” all the while), she buys a new travel dress, packs a small suitcase […]

Film Review: “Searching Eva” Finds Spectacular Cinematic Truths

Searching Eva (Pia Hellenthal, 2019) 4 out of 4 stars. Director Pia Hellenthal engages directly with both her subject and the viewer in her exciting documentary-feature debut, Searching Eva, a movie so perfectly composed in every shot as to pain one’s eyeballs with its visual splendor. Nominally a profile of an Italian sex worker – […]

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