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Dec 16, 2024 2024 Awards Underdogs
2024 Awards Underdogs

The films that deserve flowers, that we’re scared may go unrecognised.

by Umnia El-Neil
Nov 19, 2024 All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light

Two nurses, seemingly two generations of thought and approach, making it work in Mumbai. In what I can only describe as the most lusciously romantic film in a long while, ‘All We Imagine As Light’ is at once both patient and quick, diving us headfirst into the interior worlds of

by Umnia El-Neil
Oct 23, 2024 Queens of Drama: Sapphic Hannah Montana
Queens of Drama: Sapphic Hannah Montana

Oh, the price of pop music! Queens of Drama is a glittery, colourful, camp 2000’s fever dream, an ode to standom culture in it’s infancy, the toxicity of fame, the lure of pop culture. All wrapped up in a Lesbian love story for the ages - truthful, raunchy

by Umnia El-Neil
Oct 22, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon: A lifestyle, a mirror, a portal.
Seeking Mavis Beacon: A lifestyle, a mirror, a portal.

My life is the way this documentary feels. Lifestyle. I have found it exceedingly hard to explain to people what it was like growing up as a Black girl on the internet when I was too young to be on the internet. ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ is the first document that

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Oct 21, 2024 Maria: Angelina Jolie in her element.
Maria: Angelina Jolie in her element.

If you love anything I reccomend you, you will simply adore ‘Maria’. It is a visual feast, a compassionate and beautiful symphony of moments from the Diva’s life, a musical tapestry, an uplifting and empowering narrative, and did I mention it was GORGEOUS to look at? Angelina Jolie stars

by Umnia El-Neil
Oct 10, 2024 Conclave: All Creatures Great and Small
Conclave: All Creatures Great and Small

I’m not going to say this film won’t surprise you. It truly will, in ways you cannot comprehend yet. The intrigue and passion and speed and patience and beauty alone will astound you. What I will say is whatever prediction you make at the start, will probably be

by Umnia El-Neil
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