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Poolside [Alex Kinter & Erik Schuessler, USA, 2020]
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Paromita Sengupta
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Covid Tales: House Party [Mike Spence, United Kingdom, 2021]
In the age or ageing of COVID-19, former barriers—between work and play, community and solidarity, movement and stasis—have melted away.
Marcus Hansen
Apr 11, 2021
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Asra [Caio Cortonesi, Brazil, 2018]
Asra delivers a beautifully honest and compelling story that tackles subjects not just strikingly uncommon in cinema...
Daniel Hess
Mar 20, 2021
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One Last Bite [John Ferrer, UK, 2020]
The roots of the zombie sub-genre in horror cinema can be traced all the way back to White Zombie [Victor Halperin, USA, 1932], with the...
Daniel Hess
Mar 19, 2021
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The Thief [Mihriban Yalinkilic, UK, 2020]
Mihriban Yalinkilic’s The Thief is a short film that explores the dynamics of a friendship between two men.
Melody Chan
Mar 1, 2021
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