Hen – Ravenously hungry and quietly evil

Hen – Ravenously hungry and quietly evil

Hen – Ravenously hungry and quietly evil 3 Read More Review From the very first shot that lights up the screen, the tone of Hen is unsettling. Dawid (Stian Bam) is busy drawing water from a well. The camera looks up from inside the well at Dawid as he removes the...
Carissa: A Puzzle Piece of Her Life

Carissa: A Puzzle Piece of Her Life

Carissa: A Puzzle Piece of Her Life 3 Read More Review The film Carissa (2025) offers us a glimpse into the everyday life of its main character, Carissa. She lives in the Western Cape village of Wuppertal, the same place where late filmmaker Jans Rautenbach’s 1969...
The Heart Is A Muscle – A Metaphor for loss

The Heart Is A Muscle – A Metaphor for loss

The Heart Is A Muscle – A Metaphor for loss 3 Read More Review Among men, silences are considered an appropriate response. But when silence, or absence, is not enough, it shows that our silence is a kind of armor against our vulnerability. Silences are more than...