The Calf Doll
Revolving around an old teacher-turned-farmer’s doomed attempts to make his cow give milk, Ankur Hooda’s ‘The Calf Doll’ is a canny combination of aesthetics, atmosphere and subtle social analysis.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Apr 30, 2026 | Festivals, 2026, Jeonju 2026 |
Revolving around an old teacher-turned-farmer’s doomed attempts to make his cow give milk, Ankur Hooda’s ‘The Calf Doll’ is a canny combination of aesthetics, atmosphere and subtle social analysis.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Feb 21, 2026 | Berlin 2026, Festivals |
A boozy party at a seaside villa descends into a delirious explosion of suppressed angst for two slackers and their angst-ridden middle-aged fathers in “Cesarean Weekend”, Iranian indie cinema instigator Mohammad Shirvani’s first feature in 13 years.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Oct 5, 2024 | Festivals, Busan 2024 |
With ‘Village Rockstars 2’, Assamese director Rima Das reunites with the cast of her highly-acclaimed 2017 festival hit in a mesmerizing portrait of a teenage girl guitarist’s struggles with nature and culture in northeast India.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Sep 2, 2024 | Venice 2024, Featured, Festivals |
A retired military sniper tries to atone for his murderous past in ‘Phantosmia’, Philippine auteur Lav Diaz’s poetic, reflective, modest yet visually captivating study of guilt and redemption.
Read MorePosted by Clarence Tsui | Aug 16, 2024 | Festivals, Locarno 2024 |
Radu Jude teases the profound out of the profane with a manic, comical collage of material drawn from TV commercials produced in Romania after the collapse of its Communist regime in 1989.
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