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Open Wounds and Coarse Winters - The Fire Inside PictureEast 2025 Review
The Fire Inside captures the resilience of Flint, Michigan, through Clarissa ‘T-Rex’ Shields’ journey to London 2012 Olympic boxing glory…
Stunning Watercolour Imagery - The Wild Robot PictureEast 2025 Review
Lupita Nyong’o terrifically anchors The Wild Robot in which she plays an empathetic robot tasked with raising an orphaned duckling while also navigating her new life…
A Harnessing of One’s Pain and Love for Zambian Culture - On Becoming a Guinea Fowl PictureEast 2025 Review
One can be forgiven for taking Rungano Nyoni’s dramady as simply a tale of a family covering the crimes of the protagonists’ (Susan Chardy) uncle. However there is so much more in the tale than this…
Why Babies Have Pockets - Hard Truths PictureEast 2025 Review
Amidst the strings of composer Gary Yershon’s gentle melody lies Hard Truths, Mike Leigh’s first film since Peterloo (2018)…