A personal tale of atomic devastation set in the stunning town of Nagasaki, Laurence Lévesque’s Okurimono is a slow-burn inquiry into the ever-present past.
Okurimono Captures the Long Shadow of History

Exploring the Outer Edge of Film
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A personal tale of atomic devastation set in the stunning town of Nagasaki, Laurence Lévesque’s Okurimono is a slow-burn inquiry into the ever-present past.
Mother Vera displays its photography origins with stark yet visually striking black-and-white photography, depicting the life of a nun in remote Belarus.
Blessed with a treasure trove of archive material left by her father, Maria Stoianova shares her story growing up during the collapse of the Soviet Union
From retrospective to classics to special, here are mini-reviews of everything else Journey into Cinema saw at Berlinale 2024.
55 years in the making, Edgar Reitz’ wonderful Subject: Filmmaking is a charming case for obligatory film classes in schools everywhere.
Hippos become a metaphor for Colombia, the state of humanity and the world’s capacity for cruelty in Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’s unclassifiable Pepe.
Finding that magical, liminal space between poetry and prose, Kazik Radwanski’s Matt and Mara cleverly captures the contradictions of the human imagination.
Isabelle Huppert is the worst French teacher of all time in Hong Sangsoo’s sly and very funny comment on Korean national anxieties.
Architecton has some awe-inspiring visuals, but its let down by its distracting high frame rate and suspect choice of images.
Funnier than most out-and-out comedies, Sterben captures the messy absurdity of life in all its glory, despite, or perhaps, because of, the sad subject matter.