Twinless is slightly sorta like Vertigo, on poppers, running on the energy of an off the walls 2000s movie laced with the spirit of a Hitchcockian thriller.
by Michel AbdulazizEsta Isla films in the dialect of Tropical Realism, austere and surreal, a bit verité: it makes no attempts at hiding because it holds itself plain to see.
by Michel AbdulazizLemohang Jeremiah Mosese wants to talk in feeling - if you're ready to listen.
by Umnia El-NeilWith a grounded plot and beautifully integrated experimental elements, Carmen Emmi spins gold.
by Umnia El-NeilParadise Records is of a lost artifact type, when punky, punchy storytelling was the rage. It's tone more flaccid in spaces, its pace bogged, trips on jokes better off left on the cutting room floor, yet the heart is there and the ride lively.
by Michel AbdulazizA tender and compassionate profile of one of the most influential trans voices in the UK, who has been so disrespected by her country, and yet has continued to thrive on the global stage.
by Umnia El-NeilA wild and surprising (and heavily British) action comedy of the absurd from Director Tom Kingsley is a treat - and made on a budget that is surely a recession indicator.
by Umnia El-NeilPaula Gonzalez-Nasser brings her background as a professional location scout for a metatextual meditation on the arrangements we make of the places that we live in. Her camera stoic, purposeful, and never once without a point to what it's capturing.
by Michel AbdulazizTwinless is slightly sorta like Vertigo, on poppers, running on the energy of an off the walls 2000s movie laced with the spirit of a Hitchcockian thriller.
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Twinless is slightly sorta like Vertigo, on poppers, running on the energy of an off the walls 2000s movie laced with the spirit of a Hitchcockian thriller.
A wild and surprising (and heavily British) action comedy of the absurd from Director Tom Kingsley is a treat - and made on a budget that is surely a recession indicator.
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Twinless is slightly sorta like Vertigo, on poppers, running on the energy of an off the walls 2000s movie laced with the spirit of a Hitchcockian thriller.
by Michel AbdulazizEsta Isla films in the dialect of Tropical Realism, austere and surreal, a bit verité: it makes no attempts at hiding because it holds itself plain to see.
by Michel AbdulazizLemohang Jeremiah Mosese wants to talk in feeling - if you're ready to listen.
by Umnia El-NeilWith a grounded plot and beautifully integrated experimental elements, Carmen Emmi spins gold.
by Umnia El-NeilParadise Records is of a lost artifact type, when punky, punchy storytelling was the rage. It's tone more flaccid in spaces, its pace bogged, trips on jokes better off left on the cutting room floor, yet the heart is there and the ride lively.
by Michel AbdulazizA tender and compassionate profile of one of the most influential trans voices in the UK, who has been so disrespected by her country, and yet has continued to thrive on the global stage.
by Umnia El-NeilA wild and surprising (and heavily British) action comedy of the absurd from Director Tom Kingsley is a treat - and made on a budget that is surely a recession indicator.
by Umnia El-NeilPaula Gonzalez-Nasser brings her background as a professional location scout for a metatextual meditation on the arrangements we make of the places that we live in. Her camera stoic, purposeful, and never once without a point to what it's capturing.
by Michel Abdulaziz@obscurae