Reviews - OBSCURAE (Page 7)

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Sentimental Value: The profound sadness™

Trier's typical patient, Norwegian lens does not provide any revelation, but still brings a considered craft to a story of Generational Trauma.

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Project Hail Mary Is the E.T. of a New Generation (Review)

In a cinematic landscape mostly plagued by cynicism and IP fatigue, Project Hail Mary arrives not a second too soon.

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Emma Thompson is under a Van! - Everybody to Kenmure Street (Review)

The magical power of a community fighting against our broken immigration system.

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SOPHISTICULTURE

Yapping about Sinners for 58min17s (Academy Awards Preview) | Sophisticulture

Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers, and can be found on all major Podcast platforms.

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Here comes “The Bride!” (Light Spoilers!)

Feminine rage takes new form in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s latest film.

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A Mustard Seed - An Exploration of Grief and Faith | Sweet and Short

The new BBC backed short by Femi Oladigbolu conquers in fourteen minutes what many hour long films hope to.

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I finally watched Marty Supreme. It's really good, actually.

The woman was too stunned to speak.

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I finally watched Bugonia, against my will. (Spoilers)

My beef with Yorgos continues. WARNING: Metric Tonnes of Sarcasm Ahead.

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GFF 2026 Review: Primavera Doesn't Play for the Praise

In the age of information and marketing material proliferation, it is quite rare to go into a film completely blind, and yet this was my experience with the Italian film Primavera, which was a huge factor in how I received it. Primavera had its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto

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GFF 2026 Review: We Need To Talk About Nino

"We need to talk" is one of the most frightening sentences in the English language, but what makes it so? The anticipation, the dreadful wait, and the scenarios running through one’s mind. This is what watching Nino felt like. Pauline Loquès drops her audience into that exact

SOPHISTICULTURE

Katseye's Manon 101, and Wrestling as Art w/Maddy Mania | Sophisticulture

Sophisticulture is a podcast for people who care a lot about stories and storytellers, and can be found on all major Podcast platforms.

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Film

FLINT, a surrealist cycle | Sweet and Short

Out on iPlayer today, short film FLINT unfolds with patterns, connections, repetition, and surreal sequences [that] are becoming a signature in Khalid’s storytelling style. It’s what pulled me in while watching his first feature film “In Camera” and has me coming back to new projects.