Reel Reviews | Hard Truths
In his 23rd film, British director Mike Leigh reunites with Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies) to create a challenging but ultimately compassionate look at modern family life.
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Film Reviews
Reel Reviews | 40 Acres
In a post-apocalyptic future where food is scarce, the last descendants of a Black family of farmers who settled in Canada after the American Civil War must protect their homestead from an organized militia
hell-bent on taking their land in 40 Acres.
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Reel Reviews | The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos
Anchored by a stunning performance from Temiloluwa Ami-Williams, the debut of Nigeria’s Agbajowo Collective, part thriller, part magical realism, is a riveting indictment of the unchecked development and forced evictions in Africa’s largest city.
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Reel Reviews | Struggle Without End (Ka Whawhai Tonu)
A teenage boy born of two cultures must navigate a brutal war between the Māori and colonial British forces in this powerful retelling of one of New Zealand’s most pivotal historical battles, featuring screen legends Temuera Morrison and Cliff Curtis.
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Reel Reviews | Riff Raff
With an all-star ensemble that includes Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Coolidge, and Bill Murray, Riff Raff is a pitch-black comedy about family, loyalty, and murder.
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Reel Reviews | Dullsville and the Doodleverse
An experiment in animation and social media comes to fruition with the creation of Burnt Toast’s series
Dullsville and the Doodleverse.
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Reel Reviews | Dahomey
The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, is now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation’s demands.
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Reel Reviews | Oh, Canada
The story delves into the life of a tormented documentary filmmaker on the brink of death, an American who fled to Canada during the Vietnam War.
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