reviews
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Our Rating: 8/10 Documentaries work best when they stop pretending neutrality is the goal. Girls State does not pretend. This political coming of age documentary follows teenage girls participating in a week long immersive leadership programme designed to simulate American government. On paper, it sounds procedural. In practice, it becomes a micro study of power,…
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Our Rating 7/10 There is a particular kind of silence that happens just before morning. Not peaceful. Not calm. Suspended. That unsettled space is where Iarmhaireacht lives. A little bit of an Irish language breakdown before we break into the music here: Iarmhaireacht comes from Irish Gaeilge. “Iar” means ‘after’ or ‘behind’. “Mhaireacht” relates to…
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Our Rating: 10/10 There are albums that are technically good. There are albums that are culturally interesting. Then there are albums that feel necessary. Breath is necessary. Farnaz does something here that most artists spend a lifetime circling but never quite land. She does not “blend genres” in a superficial, festival brochure way. She inhabits…
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