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Reviews   -   Feb 13, 2025 The Wolves Always Come At Night
The Wolves Always Come At Night

In our world, storms level dreams, and farmers become construction workers. This was a very emotional film about forced goodbyes, a relocation of the cowboys to the big city, against their will, away from their true loves, divorced from what makes them them. Under the sword of Climate Change, much

by Umnia El-Neil
Feb 13, 2025 Can I Get A Witness?
Can I Get A Witness?

An incredibly ominous premise, executed with incredible style. So, so beautiful, and reckoning with grief in such a unique and confronting way. I was promised a utopia, but this is quite clearly speculative fiction on the side of dystopia, however calm things seem in the now of the story. The

by Umnia El-Neil
Watchlists   -   Feb 13, 2025 The Definitive Multi-Purpose Valentine’s Watchlist
The Definitive Multi-Purpose Valentine’s Watchlist

OBSCURAE brings you a resource you can really use - a veritable Swiss Knife of Valentine’s Recommendations for all of your cinematic needs, for all eventuality and level of existence. Well, almost all. If you’re single and happy about it Hit Man (2023) All that Jazz (1979) Kiss

by Umnia El-Neil
Spanish   -   Feb 11, 2025 🇬🇧🇪🇸Companion: Audience, Wake Up!
🇬🇧🇪🇸Companion: Audience, Wake Up!

ENGLISH VERSION Sitting in the theatre next to my friend after following his suggestion to do zero research on this film before going to watch it, I initially found myself crossing my arms and rolling my eyes in disappointment. How, I wondered, is it possible that they made a film

by Nor García Grau
Reviews   -   Feb 11, 2025 My Stolen Context: A “My Stolen Planet” Review
My Stolen Context: A “My Stolen Planet” Review

This review comes to us from our On-The-Ground correspondent and Santa Barbara native, Jack O’Mahoney. This is a propaganda film. Let me explain. For a political documentary centering on the fallout of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and clearly produced for a “Western” (likely US American) audience, My Stolen Planet

by Jack O'Mahoney
Reviews   -   Feb 09, 2025 ‘4th Dementia’ - A ‘short’ review
‘4th Dementia’ - A ‘short’ review

The premise is delightful and intriguing, despite it not being the first film to explore this idea. What makes this short stand out is the beautiful, genuinely delivered final dialogue that holds the emotional core of the film. ‘4th Dementia’ takes you by the shoulders through its first act of

by Celeste Kassautzki Sp.
Feb 07, 2025 Mistress Dispeller: Tact and Discernment
Mistress Dispeller: Tact and Discernment

On the surface, as explained, the film seemed to be a heist movie or a spy thriller. It focused on a woman whose job was to infiltrate and uncover affairs, using social tricks of the trade to reveal the true dramas and dismantle the relationships between husbands and mistresses from

by Umnia El-Neil
Feb 06, 2025 The Fire Inside
The Fire Inside

It is one thing to make a film about Claressa Shields’ back-to-back Olympic gold medals. It’s another thing to make a film about Flint, MI’s Golden Girl. Hiding behind a sports biopic is a deeper look at the inequity and imbalance of the sports industry, and the ways

by Umnia El-Neil
The Wolves Always Come At Night
Reviews   -   Feb 13, 2025 The Wolves Always Come At Night

In our world, storms level dreams, and farmers become construction workers. This was a very emotional film about forced goodbyes, a relocation of the cowboys to the big city, against their will, away from their true loves, divorced from what makes them them. Under the sword of Climate Change, much

by Umnia El-Neil
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Reviews   -   Feb 13, 2025 The Wolves Always Come At Night
The Wolves Always Come At Night

In our world, storms level dreams, and farmers become construction workers. This was a very emotional film about forced goodbyes, a relocation of the cowboys to the big city, against their will, away from their true loves, divorced from what makes them them. Under the sword of Climate Change, much

by Umnia El-Neil
Feb 13, 2025 Can I Get A Witness?
Can I Get A Witness?

An incredibly ominous premise, executed with incredible style. So, so beautiful, and reckoning with grief in such a unique and confronting way. I was promised a utopia, but this is quite clearly speculative fiction on the side of dystopia, however calm things seem in the now of the story. The

by Umnia El-Neil
Watchlists   -   Feb 13, 2025 The Definitive Multi-Purpose Valentine’s Watchlist
The Definitive Multi-Purpose Valentine’s Watchlist

OBSCURAE brings you a resource you can really use - a veritable Swiss Knife of Valentine’s Recommendations for all of your cinematic needs, for all eventuality and level of existence. Well, almost all. If you’re single and happy about it Hit Man (2023) All that Jazz (1979) Kiss

by Umnia El-Neil
Spanish   -   Feb 11, 2025 🇬🇧🇪🇸Companion: Audience, Wake Up!
🇬🇧🇪🇸Companion: Audience, Wake Up!

ENGLISH VERSION Sitting in the theatre next to my friend after following his suggestion to do zero research on this film before going to watch it, I initially found myself crossing my arms and rolling my eyes in disappointment. How, I wondered, is it possible that they made a film

by Nor García Grau
Reviews   -   Feb 11, 2025 My Stolen Context: A “My Stolen Planet” Review
My Stolen Context: A “My Stolen Planet” Review

This review comes to us from our On-The-Ground correspondent and Santa Barbara native, Jack O’Mahoney. This is a propaganda film. Let me explain. For a political documentary centering on the fallout of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and clearly produced for a “Western” (likely US American) audience, My Stolen Planet

by Jack O'Mahoney
Reviews   -   Feb 09, 2025 ‘4th Dementia’ - A ‘short’ review
‘4th Dementia’ - A ‘short’ review

The premise is delightful and intriguing, despite it not being the first film to explore this idea. What makes this short stand out is the beautiful, genuinely delivered final dialogue that holds the emotional core of the film. ‘4th Dementia’ takes you by the shoulders through its first act of

by Celeste Kassautzki Sp.
Feb 07, 2025 Mistress Dispeller: Tact and Discernment
Mistress Dispeller: Tact and Discernment

On the surface, as explained, the film seemed to be a heist movie or a spy thriller. It focused on a woman whose job was to infiltrate and uncover affairs, using social tricks of the trade to reveal the true dramas and dismantle the relationships between husbands and mistresses from

by Umnia El-Neil
Feb 06, 2025 The Fire Inside
The Fire Inside

It is one thing to make a film about Claressa Shields’ back-to-back Olympic gold medals. It’s another thing to make a film about Flint, MI’s Golden Girl. Hiding behind a sports biopic is a deeper look at the inequity and imbalance of the sports industry, and the ways

by Umnia El-Neil
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