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Reviews   -   Sep 15, 2024 Babygirl.
Babygirl.

The premise is rather simple - an older CEO, played by Nicole Kidman, soon finds out that one of the new Interns (Harris Dickinson) can tame dogs with a stern hand — which is code for ‘He’s a Dom’. They start an affair - Miss CEO, real name Romy, wants

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 10, 2024 Sudan, Remember Us: Loving and Leaving
Sudan, Remember Us: Loving and Leaving

In one of the best films at the festival, ‘Sudan, Remember Us’ brings to the western consciousness the question of Sudanese sovereignty in a world intent on keeping the land’s people dispossessed and removed. Through poetry, painting, remembering and a lot of song, people can learn of the strength

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 10, 2024 From Ground Zero - #TIFF24
From Ground Zero - #TIFF24

If you’re anyone of quality in my audience, then the stories contained in this film are not new, but they are presented with far more flair and grandeur than we are used to from our phones. Away from the international diplomatic political interpretation of events, From Ground Zero comprises

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 09, 2024 Lean in to ‘The Listeners’
Lean in to ‘The Listeners’

What a feast of two episodes, at the edge of my seat the entire time only to drop the twist right when we’re leaving. As it should be. The Listeners is very deceptive, for reasons that will become obvious when you see the second episode, but for the first

by Umnia El-Neil
Trophy Case   -   Sep 09, 2024 Nightbitch: Feral Motherhood
Nightbitch: Feral Motherhood

I am not yet a mother, but to look with the eyes of one through this movie was at once a warning and a love letter. A true treat. Amy Adams once again earns her status as the most nuanced and intelligent performer of her time, putting in a fantastic

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Sep 09, 2024 Men Of War: Required Reading
Men Of War: Required Reading

Ok, so the joke is over. That failed Venezuelan coup was actually very serious. Ok. Kind of serious. Ok. Listen. Ok, hold on. Men of War will give you a very clear and incredibly well organised and probably accurate account of the entire situation — one that seemed so opaque at

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Sep 06, 2024 Meet the Barbarians
Meet the Barbarians

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
Sep 06, 2024 On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.

TW: African Women vs Familial Patriarchy Rungano Nyoni has handed the world a looking glass they haven’t held before. This is not an unfamiliar story — but it is unfamiliarly told, amongst iPhones and Zoom Jobs and Pink suitcases, we find the same Familial secrets being held, the generational cycle.

by Umnia El-Neil
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