Good personages, direction, images and minority presence Excellent message
The story of a passionate and idealist teen jihadist who suddenly realizes her ideals were misplaced Nora El Koussour has a good screen presence
Rotten Tomatoes Critics 7,6 Metascore — Roger Ebert — Rotten Tomatoes Audience 7,8 IMDB 6,7 Average critics 7,6 Average public 7,3
Cast: Nora El Koussour, Ilias Addab, Hassan Akkouch Director: Mijke de Jong Writers: Jan Eilander, Mijke de Jong Music by Can Erdogan Cinematography by Danny Elsen Film Editing by Dorith Vinken
Great personages Excellent gender content and message
Sometimes, it’s good to be reminded to which extreme religious orthodoxy can lead, for the type of civil war that is described here could happen anywhere 😦 It also helps us cherish the freedom we have, for we cannot take it for granted
Rotten Tomatoes Critics 7,3
Metascore 6,8
Roger Ebert 7,5
Rotten Tomatoes Audience 9,0
IMDB 7,0 Average critics 7,2 Average public 8,0
Great script, personage, dialogues and gender content Excellent direction and images Top minority presence and message
Coming of age? This movie puts it the other way around, as Summer, a 16-year-old girl, wants to fulfill her (contagious) desire to discover the world around her and experience religion (Islam), dance, sex, and everything that triggers her interest. After the necessary clashes, parents and peers eventually support her, understanding that the freedom that is paramount to her age cannot tolerate any compromise. Whose coming of age is it, thus?
Khalil Gibran’s poetic image – children are arrows that parents shoot and have then to follow – comes to mind. Young people show us the way! Today, this could be our new reality: think about Greta Grünberg and many others in Hong-Kong and elsewhere… I love it!
The songs are great, but the constant (and unnecessary) ‘atmosphere’ music deprives the movie of some of its sharpness Great acting by Zoe Renee: “Renee and Missick’s performances are so remarkable and the story is so compelling, I left the movie with a new feeling: hope that audiences watching this movie may be more empathetic towards others’ life changes.” [Monica Castillo]
Rotten Tomatoes Critics 8,0
Metascore 7,5
Roger Ebert 8,8
Rotten Tomatoes Audience 8,8
IMDB 5,4 Average critics 8,1 Average public 7,1
Cast: Zoe Renee, Simone Missick, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dorian Missick, Hisham Tawfiq, Kelly Jenrette, Ashlei Foushee, Damien D. Smith, Maya Morales
Director: Nijla Mu’min
Writer: Nijla Mu’min
Cinematographer: Bruce Francis Cole
Editor: Collin Kriner
Composer: Jesi Nelson
Great script, personage, dialogues and gender content Excellent direction and images Top minority presence and message
Coming of age? This movie puts it the other way around, as Summer, a 16-year-old girl, wants to fulfill her (contagious) desire to discover the world around her and experience religion (Islam), dance, sex, and everything that triggers her interest. After the necessary clashes, parents and peers eventually support her, understanding that the freedom that is paramount to her age cannot tolerate any compromise. Whose coming of age is it, thus?
Khalil Gibran’s poetic image – children are arrows that parents shoot and have then to follow – comes to mind. Young people show us the way! Today, this could be our new reality: think about Greta Grünberg and many others in Hong-Kong and elsewhere… I love it!
The songs are great, but the constant (and unnecessary) ‘atmosphere’ music deprives the movie of some of its sharpness Great acting by Zoe Renee: “Renee and Missick’s performances are so remarkable and the story is so compelling, I left the movie with a new feeling: hope that audiences watching this movie may be more empathetic towards others’ life changes.” [Monica Castillo]
Rotten Tomatoes Critics 8,0
Metascore 7,5
Roger Ebert 8,8
Rotten Tomatoes Audience 8,8
IMDB 5,4 Average critics 8,1 Average public 7,1
Cast: Zoe Renee, Simone Missick, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dorian Missick, Hisham Tawfiq, Kelly Jenrette, Ashlei Foushee, Damien D. Smith, Maya Morales
Director: Nijla Mu’min
Writer: Nijla Mu’min
Cinematographer: Bruce Francis Cole
Editor: Collin Kriner
Composer: Jesi Nelson
Coming of age? This movie puts it the other way around, as Summer, a 16-year-old girl, wants to fulfill her (contagious) desire to discover the world around her and experience religion (Islam), dance, sex, and everything that triggers her interest. After the necessary clashes, parents and peers eventually support her, understanding that the freedom that is paramount to her age cannot tolerate any compromise. Whose coming of age is it, thus?
Khalil Gibran’s poetic image – children are arrows that parents shoot and have then to follow – comes to mind. Young people show us the way! Today, this could be our new reality: think about Greta Grünberg and many others in Hong-Kong and elsewhere… I love it!
The songs are great, but the constant (and unnecessary) ‘atmosphere’ music deprives the movie of some of its sharpness Great acting by Zoe Renee: “Renee and Missick’s performances are so remarkable and the story is so compelling, I left the movie with a new feeling: hope that audiences watching this movie may be more empathetic towards others’ life changes.” [Monica Castillo]
Cast: Zoe Renee, Simone Missick, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dorian Missick, Hisham Tawfiq, Kelly Jenrette, Ashlei Foushee, Damien D. Smith, Maya Morales
Director: Nijla Mu’min
Writer: Nijla Mu’min
Cinematographer: Bruce Francis Cole
Editor: Collin Kriner
Composer: Jesi Nelson
A somewhat amateuristic script and direction, but a joyful atmosphere
Cast: Shiva Negar, Elise Bauman, Alli Chung
Director: Jackie English
Writer: Jackie English
Music by Bruce Fowler, Keegan Jessamy, Bryce Mitchell
Cinematography by Clement Lush
Film Editing by Paul Whitehead
Art Direction by Kei Yano
A father and her daughter have to keep moving in a voyage that leads them from not much to nothingness “Despite the deprivations suffered by its subjects, At Five in the Afternoon is distinguished by the elegance and eloquence of its images.” [Jason Anderson]
As in Samira Makhmalbaf’s previous movies, fighting ignorance plays a central role
Cast: Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
Writers: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Samira Makhmalbaf
Music by Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Cinematography by Ebrahim Ghafori, Samira Makhmalbaf
Film Editing by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Mohamed Slim Bouchiha, Jallel Dridi, Moufida Dridi
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
Writer: Kaouther Ben Hania
Music by Si Lemhaf, Ben Violet
Cinematography by Sofian El Fani
Film Editing by Nadia Ben Rachid
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Naeema Begum
Directed by Sarah Gavron
Written by Abi Morgan, Laura Jones
Based on the novel by Monica Ali
Music: Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Editing: Melanie Oliver
Good personages, direction, images and minority presence
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