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Sope Dirisu as Fola sits with his two young sons in front of a shoe vendor stall in Lagos in My Father's Shadow
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: A Genuinely Powerful Film About Family, Duty, and Democracy

BY JEANNE POWELL — 02.27.2026
On the Reddit-t/movies website, director Akinola Davies Jr. is quoted as saying: “My feature debut, My Father’s Shadow, was the 1st Nigerian film selected for…
Lamia, a schoolgirl holding a rooster, speaks with an elderly man in a busy Iraqi market in The President’s Cake.
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A Cake, a Command, a Childhood on the Line

BY JEANNE POWELL — 02.13.2026
Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake turns an authoritarian ritual into a breathless day-in-the-life chase—set against Iraq’s legendary marshlands.
Trifole film truffle hunting Piedmont Italy white truffles foraging tradition Gabriele Fabbro
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Trifole: A Lyrical Journey into Italy’s Ancient Truffle Tradition

BY JEANNE POWELL — 12.30.2025
Umberto Orsini and Ydalie Turk shine in this gently paced Italian film about bridging generations through the ancient art of truffle foraging in Piedmont.
Scene from Brian De Palma’s Body Double (1984) with a woman in black lingerie talking to a man in a leather jacket on a bed in a Hollywood apartment high above Los Angeles, California.
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Why Brian De Palma’s ‘Body Double’ Deserves a Second Look

BY CLINTON STARK — 12.04.2025
Voyeurism, LA architecture, and meta moviemaking in Brian De Palma’s most misunderstood thriller
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk documentary film featuring Sepideh Farsi and Fatma Hassona Gaza photojournalist
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‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’: Documenting Life in Gaza

BY JEANNE POWELL — 11.19.2025
Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi and Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona forge an extraordinary bond through video calls, documenting life under siege in Gaz
Abstract glacial ice formations in blue and white showing melting patterns from MELT documentary
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‘MELT: The Memory of Ice’: A Haunting Arctic Elegy

BY JEANNE POWELL — 11.04.2025
Betsey Biggs' Documentary Captures the Greenland Ice Sheet's Fragile Beauty
Esau Carabali standing in a rice field in Colombia, from the documentary ‘Will They Ever Come Back?’
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Echoes of Absence: Will They Ever Come Back?

BY JEANNE POWELL — 08.01.2025
A dream-led journey through family, memory, and disappearance
A tender moment during a tea ceremony between a man and woman, from the film Black Tea
Film Reviews

Black Tea Film Review – Sissako’s Lyrical Exploration of Place

BY JEANNE POWELL — 06.16.2025
In Black Tea, Abderrahmane Sissako weaves a meditative journey from Ivory Coast to China. Our Cannes review explores its poetic beauty and quiet power.
F Film Fest Gem Sonaggios Captures a Vanishing Craft
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Echoes of Sardinia: ‘Sonaggios’ Rings True at SF Film Festival

BY JEANNE POWELL — 05.06.2025
Director Pietro knows this town well, and the families welcome his efforts to tell their story
'No Other Land' - Film Review on Stark Insider
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‘No Other Land’ is a daring chronicle of displacement and defiance

BY JEANNE POWELL — 03.19.2025
No Other Land 4 out of 5 stars – ‘Highly Recommended’ Directed by Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, and Hamdan Balal 2024 | 1hr…

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