Contributor Marina Ashioti

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Review

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

by Marina Ashioti

Barnaby Thompson celebrates the multifaceted life and work of legendary playwright Noël Coward with a perfunctory profile doc.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Under the Fig Trees

by Marina Ashioti

Developed alongside her cast of non-professional actors, Erige Sehiri builds an intimate fiction debut set in the Tunisian countryside.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two men, one with curly hair and one with a moustache, in a close, intense conversation.
Review

The Blue Caftan

by Marina Ashioti

In her second feature, Maryam Touzani fashions a complex tale about love that aptly deals with the complexities of repressed sexuality.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Red graffiti spelling "Mum" on wall, iron bedframe, messy bedroom.
Review

Blue Bag Life

by Marina Ashioti

Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Lisa Selby’s feature documentary aims to explore the interconnected prisms of addiction and unorthodox motherhood.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Please Baby Please

by Marina Ashioti

Amanda Kramer's alluring, neon-lit musical feature sees a newlywed couple catapulted into a queer awakening.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

1976

by Marina Ashioti

Manuela Martelli's auspicious debut feature unfurls as a searingly intense character study against the backdrop of Pinochet’s Chile.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Four young people standing on a wooden deck in front of a white building, surrounded by trees.
Festivals

Afire – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Christian Petzold returns with something lighter, funnier and more instantly-lovable than his recent run, bringing regular leading lady Paula Beer along for the ride.
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Festivals

Music – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

The latest from formally-daring German filmmaker Angela Schanelec is an exciting and impenetrable take on the Oedipus myth.
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Festivals

Tótem – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Lila Avilés’ affecting second feature explores the essence of impending loss through the eyes of a young child.
Three men in military uniforms and hats, one appears to be giving instructions to the others.
Festivals

Disco Boy – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

The stories of a French Foreign Legionnaire and a Nigerian guerrilla fighter converge in Giacomo Abbruzzese’s frustrating feature debut.

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