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Offline Algorithm

005 - OFFLINE ALGORITHM

Umnia El-Neil 22 Feb 2026

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SOPHISTICULTURE

Wuthering Heights and "Apolitical" Art at Berlinale (Ft. Farah Sadek) | Sophisticulture (FULL EPISODE)

Umnia El-Neil 21 Feb 2026

Everyone has something to say about Wuthering Heights

Everyone has something to say about Wuthering Heights

OBSCURAE 18 Feb 2026

White text "OFFLINE Algorithm" on black background with a microphone overlapping the letters near the center.

Offline Algorithm

004 - OFFLINE ALGORITHM

Umnia El-Neil 15 Feb 2026

White text "OFFLINE Algorithm" on black background with a microphone overlapping the letters in the center.

Offline Algorithm

003 - OFFLINE ALGORITHM

Umnia El-Neil 8 Feb 2026

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Iron Lung: Mark did it, and so can you.

OBSCURAE 3 Feb 2026

White text "OFFLINE Algorithm" on black background with a microphone overlapping the letters in the center.

Offline Algorithm

002 - OFFLINE ALGORITHM

Umnia El-Neil 1 Feb 2026

Offline Algorithm

001 - OFFLINE ALGORITHM

Umnia El-Neil 25 Jan 2026

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The best films of 2026 (that we saw in 2025)

OBSCURAE 13 Jan 2026

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Latest

To all the new Aficionados!

Umnia El-Neil 31 Dec 2025

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Ballad of a Small Player, Swiped, Barrio Triste, Mile End Kicks and MORE! | TIFF50 Round-up

OBSCURAE 15 Sep 2025

Two people sit close together on a bed in a dimly lit room; a tattooed woman in black and a man in a white t-shirt.

Couture, Poetic License, Rental Family, Obsession and MORE! | TIFF50 Round-up

OBSCURAE 14 Sep 2025