A straightforward genre piece on a Westerner discovering love, the meaning of life, and the perils of the multi-culti attitude, made more palatable by a great soundtrack and casting. Delhi in a Day. Dir. Prashant […]
Tag: SFIAFF 30
SFIAFF 30: The Sun-Beaten Path
Director Sonthar Gyal’s experience as a cinematographer shines through in this exquisitely-filmed work. His Sun-Beaten Path includes achingly desolate vistas of Tibet, patient close-ups of the astonishing face of the lead actor, Yeshe Ladruk, and […]
SFIAFF 30: Return to Burma
I was much reminded of Payback when I watched this film. All of the people we encounter in Return to Burma are paid so little for their labor that work for them is a form […]
SFIAFF 30: I am A Ghost
I Am a Ghost is set in an unnumbered, un-contextualized Victorian house. That setting was enough to instill horror in me – very few built environments are scarier than a Victorian house. Director and cinematographer […]
