The Strays Review – A New Failed Get Out Scenario?

The Strays, a feature debut of Nathaniel Martello-White, is a tale of a Black woman Neve Williams, who resides in a white neighbourhood and works in a dominantly-white private school. With menacing undertones, her past is suddenly catching up to her psychologically. The film opens with a little segment of her past, clearly distressed about...

Sarmaşık (Ivy) Film Review: Modern Turkey

The film depicts Turkey’s political and societal mindset through mythological allegories and six different characters. Karaçelik blends those symbols with Samuel Colridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” to further Turkey’s dynamic to the screen. Additionally, the film has many Viking and Anglosaxon era spiritual symbols in order to show that decaying and stuckness....