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DIFF 2024 Review | Bittersweet MonsterExplores the Intimacies and Intricacies of the Human…
A building is set ablaze. A teenage boy, Minato (Soya Kurokawa) and his mother, Saori (Sakora Ando) watch as it is engulfed in flames. Saori excitedly watches fire trucks rush to its rescue, but Minato seems wholly disinterested.
This…
Gender Diversity in e-Sports: Addressing Challenges and Promoting Inclusivity
Gender inclusivity has come a long way in the gaming world. Strides in gaming diversity have aimed to close the gender gap by bringing awareness to women who contribute to the industry. Positive changes have indeed been made, including…
DIFF 2024 Review | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Feels Fresh, Funny and…
It’s a word salad of a title, but Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person does exactly what it says on the tin. A coming-of-age dark comedy more than a serious vampire horror, Ariane Louis-Seize’s film is a sweet and charming…
DIFF 2024 Review | Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist is A Delicate and Devastating Masterwork
A young girl walks through the forest alone. Naked limbs of trees carve up the bright sky as Eiko Ishibashi’s score swells like a scene straight from a fairy tale, but fairy tales don’t exist. A distant gunshot disturbs the peace in this…
EAFFI 2024 | The Cats of Gokogu Shrine Offers A Sweet and compassionate Study of Community
A woman ritually comes to the small coastal town of Honmachi every couple of weeks. Stressed out from work, she seeks comfort and reassurance not from praying at the town’s Gokogu Shrine but from one of its residents. He’s a cow-coloured…
EAFFI 2024 | Snow Leopard Marks A Worthy Farewell From Tibet’s Premier Filmmaker
Snow Leopard, the final film completed by Tibetan director Pema Tseden, is a drama of inaction.
A first-class protected animal in China, snow leopards can be neither killed nor captured. When one is trapped in a pen after killing nine…
Spinal Tap at 40 | the Evolution of the Music Mockumentary
Throughout human history there have been many grand declarations on the nature of intelligence by all manner of philosophers. The great Niccolò Machiavelli once said that “A wise man does at once what the fool does finally.” Pretty good,…
Dune: Part Two Movie Review | Zendaya and Chalamet Serve Desert Power
This writer hates sand. Seriously. The very thought of sand stirs an ancient rage inside that the world has never seen the likes of before. It may be due to the association between sand and heat and as someone who could be sunburned by…
Extreme Horror | She’s a Megalomaniac In Surreal Serial Killer Feature
Content warning: discussion of rape
Karim Ouelhaj’s Megalomaniac presents us with the most twisted brother-sister combo since the Firefly clan raped and murdered their way crosscountry in The Devil's Rejects. Using the real life…
Cult Killer Movie Review | Banderas Stars in Fun but Forgettable Trashy Thriller
Cult Killer is a film about abused women hunting down and murdering paedophiles and gang rapists. Obviously, there are people who will immediately know this film is not for them, but even if the subject matter doesn't automatically repel…