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Where we answer the question, "What did you see this year that you liked?

BFI Flare 2025   -   Mar 21, 2025 We Are Faheem and Karun
We Are Faheem and Karun

The first ever queer Kashmiri language film is a beautiful tale of star crossed lovers, with performances as stunning as the landscapes

Film   -   Mar 14, 2025 Flow
Flow

A masterful dialogue-less story on par with the most devastating Pixar fare you can imagine.

New Wave (Onda Nova)
BFI Flare 2025   -   Mar 26, 2025 New Wave (Onda Nova)

Take a trip to 1980's Brazil, where the kids of São Paolo get it in. and by 'it', I mean the ball into the net, of course. What else could I possibly be referring to?

by Umnia El-Neil
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BFI Flare 2025   -   Mar 26, 2025 New Wave (Onda Nova)
New Wave (Onda Nova)

Take a trip to 1980's Brazil, where the kids of São Paolo get it in. and by 'it', I mean the ball into the net, of course. What else could I possibly be referring to?

by Umnia El-Neil
BFI Flare 2025   -   Mar 21, 2025 We Are Faheem and Karun
We Are Faheem and Karun

The first ever queer Kashmiri language film is a beautiful tale of star crossed lovers, with performances as stunning as the landscapes

by Lucie Neale
Film   -   Mar 14, 2025 Flow
Flow

A masterful dialogue-less story on par with the most devastating Pixar fare you can imagine.

by Umnia El-Neil
Trophy Case   -   Mar 06, 2025 The Importance of Being Ncuti
The Importance of Being Ncuti

I mean...Earnest!

by Umnia El-Neil
Trophy Case   -   Mar 05, 2025 I’m Still Here (TikTok Review)
I’m Still Here (TikTok Review)

@obscurae ♬ original sound - OBSCURAE

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Feb 17, 2025 Universal Language: Time is an Unforgiving but Familiar Winter
Universal Language: Time is an Unforgiving but Familiar Winter

Read more of Michel’s amazing work here. I feel that a lot gets lost when we compare film styles, even when they're applicable, and other ready-at-hand modes of descriptions fail us. It's easy to proclaim the next Vertigo in Decision to Leave, the next socially

by Michel Abdulaziz
German   -   Feb 16, 2025 (🇬🇧🇦🇷🇩🇪) Polvo Serán/They Will Be Dust - ‘You don’t learn life, you live it and that’s it’
(🇬🇧🇦🇷🇩🇪) Polvo Serán/They Will Be Dust - ‘You don’t learn life, you live it and that’s it’

What a brilliant, brilliant, BRILLIANT film. This is one of those films you are EXCITED for other people to discover because it is simply SO DAMN GOOD. Yes, here at OBSCURAE we do not talk down films we don’t like (and we’ll see if my boss and friend

by Celeste Kassautzki Sp.
Spanish   -   Feb 14, 2025 (🇬🇧🇦🇷🇩🇪)‘Village Keeper’ a.k.a ‘The Sunshine Lady’
(🇬🇧🇦🇷🇩🇪)‘Village Keeper’ a.k.a ‘The Sunshine Lady’

‘And just like that I stepped back into my body again. It wasn’t a trickle, it was more like a flood.’ Village Keeper stands out by not following the route of comforting the audience by making the single black mother bring up superhuman strength to fight adversity but instead

by Celeste Kassautzki Sp.
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