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Dahomey 2024
Mati Diop’s Dahomey is a ghost story. Not in the sense of horror, but in the way history lingers, haunts, and refuses to stay buried. It is a film about echoes; the voices of stolen artifacts finally returning home, the colonial past reverberating in the present, and a younger generation debating what restitution truly means. This isn’t just a documentary; it’s a séance, a poetic invocation of lost things.
The film follows the repatriation of 26 looted royal artifacts from…
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Caricaturana 2021
Radu Jude’s Caricaturana is a joke that takes nine minutes to set up for a single punchline. The question is: is it worth the wait? The answer depends on how much you enjoy being toyed with.
This is less a film than an experiment, an exercise in how images shift meaning when placed in different contexts. We start with a silent, academic display of Honoré Daumier’s Caricaturana lithographs, flipping past us in a hypnotic monotony. Eisenstein dreamed of animating these…
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The Substance 2024
The Substance is a visceral, unapologetically grotesque exploration of self-hatred, beauty standards, and the violence women internalize in the pursuit of vanity. Directed by Coralie Fargeat, known for her feminist body horror film Revenge, this follow-up amps up the shock factor with a demented fairytale vibe that meshes Cronenberg-style body horror with campy, social commentary. The film follows Elizabeth Sparkle, played by Demi Moore in a haunting, career-best performance, as she grapples with aging by taking a dangerous drug that…
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Azrael 2024
Azrael is a brutal, atmospheric journey through a post-apocalyptic world where silence is not just a choice but a necessity for survival. Directed by E.L. Katz, the film features a stellar, wordless performance by Samara Weaving as she navigates a dystopian nightmare where communication through speech is forbidden and danger lurks in every shadow.
The film's commitment to a dialogue-free narrative is one of its most striking elements, giving it an eerie, primal quality. Weaving's physical acting, using nothing but…
