Movies: Critical

Yu Ming is bored of his life in China and decides to go to Ireland. He studies the language, but is dismayed to find that no one understands him when he gets there....

Visionary filmmaker Abassi Okoro (Uncloaked) returns with a mind-blowing look into ancient African and Orisha origins of many of the Marvel and DC comic book superheroes and exposes how European culture and religion for over a 12,000 year span has hi...

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up by causing ...

Just when you think the world around you is what it is; it isn't. Walk with Mouse Fitzgerald through his murky past and even murkier present, for clues that will unlock the future: his and yours. Enjoy this television series as it has never been seen...

On the eve of a future-defining championship, promising 17-year-old volleyball player Sofia is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. Seeking an illegal termination, she becomes the target of a fundamentalist group determined to stop her at any cost – but...

In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side and then the other....

An examination of how Africa's mythological stories have served as the basis for the world religions that came after, especially in Western civilization....

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The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history....

Video essay by Australian director Isabella Rush. A social commentary exploring the patchwork of subterranean energies which simmer below the city of Brisbane and its outer suburbs....

Matthias is a master of his profession. Do you need a “cultured boyfriend” to impress your friends? A “perfect son” to influence your business partners’ opinion of you? Or maybe just a sparring partner to rehearse an argument? Whatever it is, just re...

The young Beto ventures to the Brazilian countryside in search of a collection of rare drawings. There he meets Samir, the collector, and his family ruined by the demise of the cocoa plantations. The journey and the encounter will irrevocably change ...

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Pedro earns a living in chat rooms. He transforms himself into NeonBoy in front of the webcam. Slowly, this young man dips his fingers into pots of coloured paint and glides them across his naked body. But things change when Pedro notices that somebo...

Through artistic manifestations, a group of LGBTQIA+ people performs public stagings that raise debates on issues of gender, social inequality and prejudice in the streets of downtown São Paulo. Messing with the popular imagination and providing deba...

Over a trio of summers, a caretaker for luxury condominiums relies on her resourcefulness and her eye for opportunity to take advantage of whatever comes her way....

Based on the classic Brazilian television series that conquered audiences during Sunday night prime time on TV Globo, with improv that happens like in scenes of a play. The feature film’s structure maintains the members of a middle-class family from ...

On a journey from darkness into light, a man explores his failings as a human being....

A depiction of the protests led by Native Hawaiians in an attempt to block the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the volcano of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii....

A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw comp...