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Taste of Cherry (1997) Review – Kiarostami’s Palme d’Or Meditation on Why We Stay Alive
★★★★★ Our Rating: 9/10 Few films divide audiences as cleanly — or as permanently — as Taste of Cherry. Premiered…
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Read MoreTaste of Cherry (1997) Review – Kiarostami’s Palme d’Or Meditation on Why We Stay Alive
Children of Heaven (1997) Review – A Lost Pair of Shoes, and One of Cinema’s Purest Stories
★★★★★ Our Rating: 9.5/10 Every art form has a work that proves scale is a lie. Children of Heaven is…
Dhaka Attack (2017) Review – The Police Thriller That Modernised Bangladeshi Action Cinema
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 8/10 Every film industry has a before-and-after title — the release after which certain things were suddenly…
Priyotoma (2023) Review – The Shakib Khan Tragedy That Rewrote Dhallywood’s Record Books
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 7/10 Some films succeed because they are flawless. Priyotoma succeeded because it understood exactly what its audience…
Gangs of Lagos (2023) Review – Prime Video’s First African Original Is a Bloody Lagos Tragedy
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 8/10 Begin, as this site always begins with a streaming film, with the honest disclosure: Gangs of…
The Black Book (2023) Review – RMD’s Revenge Thriller That Broke Netflix for Nollywood
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 7.5/10 Let us start with the disclosure that shapes this entire The Black Book review: there is…
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) Review – A Murder Search That Becomes a Masterpiece
★★★★★ Our Rating: 9.5/10 A police procedural usually begins with a body. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia begins with…
G.O.R.A. (2004) Review – Turkey’s Carpet Salesman Conquers Outer Space
★★★★☆ Our Rating: 8/10 Every national cinema has one comedy that everybody can quote. For Turkey, that film is G.O.R.A.…
The Orphanage (2007) Review – The Ghost Story That Breaks Your Heart
★★★★★ Our Rating: 9/10 Most horror films want your pulse. The Orphanage wants your pulse first — and then, in…
Society of the Snow (2023) Review – The Andes Survival Story Told With Dignity
Our Rating: ★★★★★ 9/10 Some true stories have been filmed more than once, and the question for any new version…