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The Raid (2011) Review – The Tower-Block Action Film That Changed the Genre
Our Rating: ★★★★★ 9/10 Some action films have plots that happen to contain fights. The Raid is the opposite: it…
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The Salesman (2016) Review – Farhadi Turns Revenge Into a Moral Trap
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ 8.5/10 A building cracks in the opening minutes of The Salesman, and nothing in the film that…
A Separation (2011) Review – The Masterpiece Where Nobody Is the Villain
Our Rating: ★★★★★ 9.5/10 There is a moment, somewhere in the middle of A Separation, when you realise the film…
Aynabaji (2016) Review – The Man Who Lived Everyone Else’s Life
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ 8.5/10 Imagine a city where a rich criminal never has to see the inside of a prison…
Monpura (2009) Review – The River Love Story That Changed Bangladeshi Cinema
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ 8.5/10 Some films arrive as entertainment and stay on as memory. Monpura, released on 13 February 2009,…
Anikulapo (2022) Review – A Lush Yoruba Fable About the Price of Cheating Death
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ 7.5/10 This Anikulapo review comes with a disclosure that shapes everything about the film: there is no…
King of Boys (2018) Review – Sola Sobowale Reigns Over Nollywood’s Boldest Crime Epic
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 8/10 Every King of Boys review has to reckon with the same improbable facts. A nearly three-hour…
My Father and My Son (2005) Review – The Turkish Tearjerker That Earns Its Tears
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 8.5/10 Few films anywhere carry a reputation quite like this one in its homeland, and any My…
Winter Sleep (2014) Review – A Brilliant, Demanding Three-Hour Reckoning
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 8.5/10 Any honest Winter Sleep review has to begin with a warning that is also a compliment:…
The Invisible Guest (2016) Review – Every Lie Builds the Trap That Catches It
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 8.5/10 Most thrillers ask who did it. This The Invisible Guest review is about a slyer pleasure:…