The Evening Class

"Cinema is the evening class for discriminating adults."--Ousmane Sembene

Monday, October 27, 2025

BLUE MOON (2025)—REVIEW

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Blue moon, I saw you standing alone  Without a dream in your heart  Without a love of your own.   What an apt description for legendary lyri...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

SCREAMFEST 2025—PITFALL (2025): REVIEW

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“Into the woods, and out of the woods, and home before dark….” —Stephen Sondheim, “Into the Woods” (1986).  If only it were as easy as in a ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

SCREAMFEST 2025: INTERNATIONAL (AUSTRALIA)—SHED (2025): REVIEW

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Aligned with the subgenre of horror films associated with the Christmas holiday, an innocent game of hide-and-seek between siblings on Chris...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

SCREAMFEST 2025: INTERNATIONAL (ARGENTINA)—THE DOLLMAKER (ENCANTADOR, 2025)

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In its North American premiere at Screamfest 2025, Argentine director José María Cicala’s Encantador ( The Dollmaker ) has everything anyo...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

ORWELL: 2+2=5 (2025)—REVIEW

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“When you are on a sinking ship, your thoughts will be about sinking ships,” wrote George Orwell about totalitarianism in the 1940s; a state...

SCREAMFEST 2025: AFFECTION (2025): REVIEW

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The World Premiere of BT Meza’s debut feature Affection (2025) served as the opening night film for this year’s edition of Screamfest, cov...

SCREAMFEST 2025: INTERNATIONAL (MEXICO)—A FISHERMAN’S TALE (UN CUENTO DE PESCADORES, 2024): REVIEW

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For its U.S. premiere at Screamfest, Edgar Nito’s A Fisherman’s Tale ( Un Cuento de Pescadores , 2024 ) offers a slow burn narrative intro...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

SCREAMFEST 2025: INTERNATIONAL (POLAND)—DEAD BY DAWN (2025)

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Dead By Dawn ( Martwi przed świtem , 2025) —Hailing from Poland, Dawid Torrone’s Dead By Dawn had its world premiere at the Brussels Inter...
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

MVFF48: ANIMATION—ARCO (2025) / HOLA FRIDA (2025): REVIEWS

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Lots of adults think that fairy tales are just for children, despite the fact that when the Grimms Brothers were collecting stories as an ac...

MVFF48—MIDDLE EASTERN CINEMA: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (2025) / THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE (2025) / PROMISED SKY (2025)—REVIEWS

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Lessons in geography are one of main benefits derived from viewing the rich slate of foreign films offered at the 48th edition of the Mill V...
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