February 25, 2020
Adrienne Reese
You are cordially invited to the angst-iest of funerals by Olivia Peace, director of the teen melodrama, Tahara. The film examines life, death, and the grief that we experience in between while going through a roller-coaster of lighthearted comedy and intensely deep emotions. Clashing religious belief with the exploratory urges of adolescence, Tahara premiered at [...]
February 3, 2020
Norman Gidney
Experimental storytelling can be a fascinating beast. Take for instance the elliptical nature of Majnuni. This is the not-so-clear story of Adnan (Adnan Omerovic), a man who has dealings and entanglements with a series of characters one night in Sarajevo. Part Linklater, part Altman, and firmly Eastern European, Majnuni explores the lives of a disparate [...]
RESIDUE a Soft Spoken Yet Powerful Film
TAHARA a Coming of Age Story That is Refreshingly Authentic
Majnuni Intersting Storytelling at Best SLAMDANCE 2020