AFIFest: The Room Next Door – Being there
“I have practically held death in my hand. I never imagined it would be so light.” Pedro...
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AFIFest – Hard Truths -Walls of Anger
“Why can’t you enjoy life?” Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths is a character study of life that cannot conquer fear. Leigh’s films often have much more to do with character than plot, and his particular method of filmmaking without a...
AFIFest: Oh, Canada – Final Testimony
“This is my last prayer and, whether you believe in God or not, you don’t lie when you pray.” Paul...
AFIFest – I’m Still Here – A Family’s Trauma
Walter Salles’s film I’m Still Here is the story of a family that is torn apart by the acts of an...
AFIFest: Group Therapy – Laughing at pain?
Mental illness is no laughing matter. However, humor can come out of very difficult and painful...
AFIFest: Meet the Barbarians – Who do we welcome?
A small French village is about to do a wonderful thing. But when it doesn’t turn out to be what...
AFIFest: Eephus – The game no one wanted to end
“Is there anything more beautiful than a fat man stealing second base?” At the festival screening...
Freud’s Last Session: Reason and Faith
“Things are only simple when you choose not to examine them.” September 3, 1939. Britain has...
The Taste of Things – Food for the soul
Films about cooking aren’t usually about cooking. That just serves as the framework to tell a...
Shayda – Celebrating strong women
An Iranian woman and her daughter hope for a new life while in an Australian women’s shelter....
AFIFest: Perfect Days – Finding bliss
“Next time is next time. Now is now.” Those who have read many of my reviews will know that I have...
AFIFest: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood – True communion
Anna Hints’s Smoke Sauna Sisterhood provides a glimpse into the lives of a group of Estonian women. Their lives are shared with humor, sorrow, and compassion. The documentary won the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award and...
AFIFest: The Universal Theory – Sci-fi Noir
Timm Kröger’s The Universal Theory (Die Theorie von Allem) opens with a brief segment of a 1974 TV...