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Film Reviews from a spectrum of opinions and perspectives

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Mistress Dispeller: Tact and Discernment

Umnia El-Neil 7 Feb 2025

Boxing coach in white cap and glasses offers water bottle to young boxer wearing blue headgear in a ring corner.

The Fire Inside

Umnia El-Neil 6 Feb 2025

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Wild Gleaming Space: Charting the Beyond

Jack O'Mahoney 5 Feb 2025

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Fantastic Four First Foreshadowing and Forethought, or something.

Umnia El-Neil 5 Feb 2025

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Her Name Was Moviola: Time moves at speed

Umnia El-Neil 4 Feb 2025

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OBSCURAE’s 2025 Wishlist

Umnia El-Neil 31 Dec 2024

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Mini Watchlist: If you liked ‘Challengers’

Umnia El-Neil 29 Dec 2024

Two people embracing closely in a blue-lit swimming pool at night, faces near each other in an intimate moment.

Mini Watchlist: If you liked ‘Babygirl’.

Umnia El-Neil 28 Dec 2024

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Mini Watchlist: If you liked ‘Anora’

Umnia El-Neil 27 Dec 2024

Two women posing cheek-to-cheek; one in a pink ruffled dress with blonde hair, the other with green face makeup and a black hat, from the movie Wicked.

Mini Watchlist: If you liked ‘Wicked’

Umnia El-Neil 26 Dec 2024

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OBSCURAE’s Top 5 films of 2024

Umnia El-Neil 24 Dec 2024

Black graphic with white text "Top 5 most underrated films of 2024" above a rearing horse silhouette, trophy icon, and "from your dear friends at OBSCURAE."

OBSCURAE’s Most Underrated films of 2024

Umnia El-Neil 23 Dec 2024