By Benjamin Akpan John Crowley is a film director, whose last feature film — 2015’s Brooklyn — seemingly solidified him as a director to watch. Earning him the BAFTA for Best British Film, Brooklyn is a touching tale with a delightful visual style, led by Saoirse Ronan’s endearing performance. Donna Tartt’s novel The Goldfinch is a Pulitzer award-winning work with complex, lovable characters set in a world that is flowery and full of life. Though critically divisive, the novel is nonetheless a poetic story rich with action, mystery, and romance that keeps you deeply immersed until the last of its nearly 800 pages.
By Fatima Husain A young teenage girl (Yi) and an adorable YETI set out on an unprecedented adventure from Shanghai, China to the Himalayas. Together, their journey of self-discovery and finding ‘home’, along with their mischievous friends, makes Adominable a flick to enjoy.
By Shamonique Murray
Oseyi and the Masqueraders is a coming of age story of a 10-year-old boy growing up in the remote village of Colihaut, Dominica, who finally comes face to face with his fear of a group of masqueraders called the Bann Mové. In a humorous yet authentic delivery, Director, Alwin Bully, and Producers, Anita Bully and Romola Lucas, present a story of cultural pride, ancestral reverence, and dutiful lineage.
By Fatima Husain Crime, sexuality, gender, and tolerance – adequate to sum up the theme to Director Geetu Mohandas' latest bilingual Indian feature; The Elder One (Moothon).
By Fatima Husain If you were to check your lot of clothes from everyday fashion labels, chances are many would bear a ‘Made in Bangladesh’ tag. A familiar phrase with an unfamiliar story.
By Benjamin Akpan An architecturally mouth-watering house is situated upon a hill. Within it is a family, beautiful and graceful, with a life meticulously curated to aid total and thorough comfortability. A maid waits hand and foot, ever ready to meet the needs of the family. The one thing this family is not allowed to have, quite frankly, are peaches.
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