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The Wild Robot (PictureEast FILM FESTIVAL 2025)
Lupita Nyong’o terrifically anchors The Wild Robot in which she plays an empathetic robot tasked with raising an orphaned duckling while also navigating her new life…
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (PictureEast FILM FESTIVAL 2025)
One can be forgiven for taking Rungano Nyoni’s dramady as simply a tale of a family covering the crimes of the protagonists’ (Susan Chardy) uncle. However there is so much more in the tale than this…
Hard Truths (PictureEast FILM FESTIVAL 2025)
Amidst the strings of composer Gary Yershon’s gentle melody lies Hard Truths, Mike Leigh’s first film since Peterloo (2018)…