In a film that views memory and personal investigation in ways reminiscent of autobiographical works like Aftersun and the excellent Canadian film, Blue Heron, Romeria collides with a darker version of Bergman’s Summer Interlude. Like the former two films, this one...
In a remake of the French series The Bureau, The Agency is an American take on the undercover spy thriller. For this second season, we are left waiting to see the consequences or rewards facing protagonist Brandon “Martian” Colby (Michael Fassbender) after making a...
Departures is directed by Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan—the latter of whom wrote and stars as the lead, Benji. Benji is coming off a bad breakup from a tumultuous relationship; he is down on his luck and does not seem to even like life anymore. Why has he gotten this...
Disclosure Day is Spielberg's foray into combining many of the ideas he has explored throughout his career: adventure, aliens, government cover-ups, journalism, and everyday people being thrust into something beyond themselves are all heavily featured. The film...
Sheva, Sarah, and Tali were inseparable as children, but their long-lasting friendship has fluctuated over time. A decade after their friendship ended, they reunite for one night in the Brooklyn of their youth, forcing them to confront the events that tore them apart....
In the New Zealand series, After the Party, we follow Penny (Robyn Malcolm), a woman whose life was altered after a family gathering about five years ago where family lines were torn and loyalties tested. While still living a relatively normal life, her world is...
Silent Friend is a quietly ambitious film about three people at three different points in time, united by their connection to plants and their fascination with the world around them. The first segment, set in the modern day and shot digitally, follows a neuroscientist...
In the present day, siblings Mise’l and Antle are haunted by a mysterious ghost-like figure. Being physically affected by the ghost, the two reunite in the area that they grew up. The siblings then journey into Sk+te’kmujue’katik (the Place of Ghosts), a primordial...
On the brink of inheriting the position of The Bearded Woman—matriarchal leader of an outcast community of circus performers—a young woman defies her overbearing mother and runs away instead. Free from the expectations and responsibilities at home, she seeks romance...