Tag: Phillip J. Bartell

Bad Hair | Review

Witches Get Stitches: Simien Retrofits Folklore with Contemporary Subtexts in Horror Satire Justin Simien recuperates a particular time and place with a jaunty but ultimately...

The Vanished Elephant | 2014 TIFF Review

A Puzzle within a Puzzle within a Puzzle Initially, The Vanished Elephant, Javier Fuentes-León’s follow-up to the well-received ghost story, Undertow, has a surprisingly unpolished...

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Interview: Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father’s Shadow

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2025 André Bazin Prize: Louise Hémon’s ‘The Girl in the Snow’ (L’Engloutie) Wins

Selected for this year's Directors' Fortnight, Louise Hémon's The...

Interview: Morad Mostafa – Aisha Can’t Fly Away

Part of a new wave of Egyptian filmmakers testing...