REVIEWS
The bread + butter of film criticism. Or not...?
BERLINALE 2025: A young man traverses a series of corporeal gay encounters in Hong Kong in this self-described panoramic overview of loneliness and fleeting connection in today’s world.
21 February 2025
Olivia Popp
ROTTERDAM 2025: The Nanchuan-born filmmaker signs a highly personal short documentary on their family's attempts to rid them of their non-heteronormative desire, driven by the belief in demonic possession.
10 February 2025
Federica Giampaolo
ROTTERDAM 2025: In a bustling southern Chinese city, two codependent teen girls navigate the dueling loneliness and desire of these all-engulfing fateful years as one falls for the other.
10 February 2025
Federica Giampaolo
ROTTERDAM 2025: Julian Chou's sophomore feature presents a meandering look at the state of queer acceptance in Taiwan through the conceit of an unexpected love triangle.
07 February 2025
Olivia Popp
SUNDANCE/ROTTERDAM 2025: It’s colourful, it’s counterhegemonic, it’s the coolest club inspired by those in Cali, Colombia—it’s Babel, where you can gamble with Death and order drinks from the Devil.
03 February 2025
Olivia Popp
SUNDANCE 2025: The Alaska-born writer-director’s sophomore feature is just as playful as it is devastating, also featuring a very versatile Dylan O’Brien.
31 January 2025
Olivia Popp
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