By Matthew Riordan Directed by Adriyanto Dewo At first glance Tabula Rasa might appear to be a formulaic rags-to-riches story. In the opening scenes we meet Hans (Jimmy Kobogau), a promising footballer from Papua, Indonesia. Hans […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Neto Villalobos All About the Feathers, a sweet and Sisyphean comedy from Neto Villalobos, operates by the premise that there’s little in life funnier than watching awkward everyday people simply being their […]
By David Pountain Directed by Pepe Diokno At its heart, Pepe Diokno’s Above the Clouds is a single journey of thought expressed through a slow immersion into nature. Opening with the tragic death of the […]
By David Pountain Directed by Hans Christian Berger After Eden is a steely porn-based drama that subtly presents the industry of packaged sex appeal in terms of cold business strategy and consumerism, subduing lust, romance and the human form […]
By David Pountain Directed by Fiona Cunningham-Reid “This is her story – well…one version at least,†the voiceover narration coyly announces in the opening minutes of Croc A Dyke Dundee, the cheeky yet touching new […]
By David Pountain Directed by David Calek and Jakub ZahradnÃcek In its own, more accessible way, the reality of David Calek and Jakub ZahradnÃcek’s Pirating Pirates holds a playful slipperiness akin to the formally subversive works […]