Craving never truly convinces and certainly doesn’t do the special effects team justice. What should be an easy home run of a film meanders and drags itself to a wonderfully gruesome finale. On a quiet night in a rural bar, the regulars are disturbed when a group of drug addicts
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A Revolution on Canvas ★★★ – Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2024
While the compelling A Revolution on Canvas focuses a lot on claiming back Nicky Nodjoumi‘s art, what really grabs you is the strained relationship between him and his daughter (Sara Nodjoumi). After an exhibition of Iranian artist Nicky Nodjoumi’s work in 1980 is declared critical of the regime, it is
Summer Qamp ★★★★ – Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2024
Summer Qamp is a joyfully uplifting documentary from filmmaker Jen Markowitz. Warm and supportive, there is something gratifying about being seen, and for the first time, these teenagers feel that. It is a moving documentary that, like Camp fYrefly, is far more important than you could imagine. In the forests
Mediha ★★★★ – Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2024
As grim as Mediha, her family, and those in her position situation is in Hasan Oswald’s excellent Mediha, the continued feeling of hope and eventual healing pushes its way through. Oswald lets Mediha and people like her reclaim their narrative. Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl who has recently returned from
What Happened to the Wolf? ★★★★ Queer East Festival 2023
A tender and brave film, Na Gyi’s What Happened to the Wolf? takes its time moving through its story, enveloping its audience into the profound fears and realisation of our leads, becoming a film well worth your time. Myint Myat (Eaindra Kyaw Zin) grew up in strict traditions. Way Way (Paing
We Gather (Short Film) ★★★★★ Belfast Film Festival
In his short film We Gather, Dominic Curran has captured the utter devastation of grief in such a beautifully wrenching manner. From top to bottom, this is a tremendous piece of short film cinema. A young man struggles with regret as the passage of time gives way to a flowing
WES ANDERSON TO JOIN AS CURATOR OF GALERIE, A NEW KIND OF FILM CLUB, LAUNCHED BY INDIAN PAINTBRUSH
With a mission to celebrate film conversation and literacy, GALERIE offers access to film collections curated by industry creators, thoughtful essays, and exclusive live events with today’s most esteemed cinema professionals and cultural minds. LOS ANGELES, November 16, 2023 – Indian Paintbrush announced today the launch of GALERIE, a new immersive
Puppet Tears (Short Film) ★★★★ Belfast Film Festival
163 seconds of fantastic work from Conor Lambert is all we get in Emma Brennan’s remarkable Puppet Tears. In less than three minutes, we can explore multiple themes with such wonderful deftness, a short that excites you for its future possibilities. A lonely puppeteer cares for his lonely puppet child,
Postpartum (Short Film) ★★★★ Belfast Film Festival
Tania Notaro captures with overwhelming precision the fears and struggles women can face with motherhood in her second short, Postpartum. This film will strike a chord with many, a must-watch. Life takes a dark turn when a young woman, Mary (Tania Notaro), faces the realities of motherhood. Motherhood is one
The Shadowless Tower ★★★★ 1/2 Belfast International Film Festival
The Shadowless Tower is a meditative drama that is full of introspection. Zhang Lü guides us through his latest film, which somehow says very little but resonates with you in the tenderest of ways. Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic living in his recently deceased mother’s apartment, begins to date
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