Director: Mikael Buch A heavily pregnant rabbi prepares the bar mitzvah for a troubled 13-year-old, while her husband escapes a psychiatric ward in Paris. But believe me when I say, Mikael Buch’s Simon and Théodore […]
This week we put the spotlight on some newly available gems from the US, the Philippines, Taiwan, Mongolia, Finland and more. Calloused Hands (dir. Jesse Quinones, USA) Twelve-year-old Josh is a mixed race Miami […]
Paris Courts Devant is a festival dedicated to showcasing short films from around the world. Beginning in 2004, this year’s festival ran from November 16th to the 21st , with six days chocked full of […]
Watch Calloused Hands on FilmDoo In feature debut Calloused Hands, writer-director Jesse Quinones presents a sensitive and richly modern view of American life and the American Dream filtered through the struggles and experiences of one mixed-race family. At […]
Director: Michael Onder Tokyo International Film Festival review With a title referencing Texas hold’em, a game of probability and psychology, Turkish director Michael Onder’s debut Taksim Hold’em incorporates the game literally and symbolically into a dark […]
Based on horrific true events that unfolded between the Filipino military and the locals in rural Mindanao, The Right to Kill offers an intense and mournful depiction of a family whose peaceful lives are tragically […]