Goran's Way 

I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.

Gretel & Hansel falters due to its razor thin story and lack of characterization. It loses sight of horror’s key rule: In order to create an effective tale, characters and emotions must be emphasized.

An Indonesian film that brings strong representation of Asian descent in this heart-warming tale of a woman and her dog.

The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.

A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.