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Read More 16 views2 minute read Film Making Space: A Goodbye Love Story (2026) Review: Choose Me… or I Choose MeByLakshmiMarch 31, 2026 Making Space: A Goodbye Love Story (2026), written and directed by Christine Chang, is a quietly powerful romantic… Read More
Read More 26 views6 minute read Film Talks Inside ‘Tingga’: Filipino Director Filbert Wong and actor Bogs Ardiente on the mind’s dark sideByLakshmiMarch 15, 2026 Tingga, which premiered at the Siné Film Festival, presents a dark and compelling narrative that examines the fragility… Read More
Read More 19 views2 minute read Film Tingga (2026) Review: A Descent into Madness and FateByLakshmiMarch 15, 2026 Set against the stark realities of immigrant life, Tingga, a Filipino film made in Canada by director Filbert… Read More
Read More 34 views7 minute read Film Talks ‘Sirāt’ and the Dance of Life: A Conversation with Director Óliver LaxeByLakshmiFebruary 13, 2026 Born in France but shaped by Galicia, Óliver Laxe occupies a cinema of in-between spaces—between land and spirit,… Read More