Contributions from Hamza Shehryar | Little White Lies

Contributor Hamza Shehryar

A young person lying inside a dark, crumbling concrete tunnel, with graffiti visible on the walls.
Review

Nezouh review – compassionate but needlessly convoluted

by Hamza Shehryar

Soudade Kaadan’s sec­ond fea­ture is tru­is­tic yet force­ful in exam­in­ing the com­plex­i­ties of human suf­fer­ing and con­fine­ment through a teenage girl stuck in the thick of the Syr­i­an civ­il war.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two men, one with a beard and one with grey hair and a beard, applauding in a formal setting.
Review

The American Society of Magical Negroes review – an undercooked, frustrating satire

by Hamza Shehryar

Less Har­ry Pot­ter and more Amer­i­can Fic­tion, this polit­i­cal­ly charged satire is more banal than it first seems.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two smiling Asian children, a boy and a girl, wearing winter hats and coats, peeking out from behind a worn, textured wall.
Review

If Only I Could Hibernate – a very fine first feature

by Hamza Shehryar

This Mon­go­lian dra­ma of a pover­ty-strick­en young aca­d­e­m­ic aban­doned by his moth­er makes for a intrigu­ing debut.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect