Julie Delpy has a brilliant sense of humour for such a politically minded auteur. With this film, and despite her recent public gaffes, she paints an incredibly defiant portrait of the current European anti-refugee sentiment, all of it’s facets and arguments, and refuted each with a careful, hopeful hand.
by Umnia El-Neil
An immediate cult hit that's about to take over and revive local storytelling as global conversation -- gorey, funky and satisfying from start to finish.
Watch the Paid Aficionados Extended Version Here Written and Recorded by Umnia El-Neil, Edited by Valeria Schumann.
In a tenuous era of cultural history, some divas just can't be silenced.
You're always a little bit scared, but you're never deterred.
One of my most anticipated of the festival did not disappoint - a thoroughly satisfying, moving exploration of how hidden joy can be as corrosive as hidden pain.
Perhaps my biggest concern with sci-fi as a genre is the accidental tendency to focus so much on a concept that the characters’ personality gets lost in the process... However, the entire cast – including major and minor characters – shine brightly.
A lot of people are citing the return to recession pop as the scary factor, but I say, dear reader, that the return to slightly off-key synths and cassette sounds should be far scarier.
Come get your bets in early for bragging rights in December!
