This documentary explores how familiar formulas, particularly in the horror genre, continue to dominate Indonesian cinema, raising questions about originality, diversity, and the future of storytelling in a culturally rich nation.
This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
"Hustlers" returns power to groups that are traditionally deprived of it: women, the working class, and sex workers.
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.
A 2022 remake of the previous films of the same name, but with a more diverse cast, increasing representation and diversity.
