‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Review: Chile’s Oscar Hopeful Is a Touching Queer Western
An unconventional coming-of-age story with splashes of Western tropes and queer compassion to spare, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo proves to be an assured debut from Diego Céspedes.
‘Little Trouble Girls’ Review: Catholicism and Coming-of-Age Clash in Slovenia’s Oscar Entry for Best International Feature
Urška Djukić's directorial debut aptly concentrates on the revelatory school trip of a sixteen-year-old Catholic schoolgirl, who struggles to disentangle the clashing feelings of a changing mind and body from her devout, up to this point, untested faith.