Using cell phone footage recorded by inmates themselves, this powerful documentary exposes a prison system defined by violence, neglect, and forced labor—revealing how incarceration in Alabama mirrors the logic and economics of modern-day slavery.
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‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Prison as the New Plantation (HBO Max)
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‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Review: A Queer Western of Myths and Realities
In the early 1980s, in the Chilean desert, an eleven-year-old girl grows up within a loving queer family pushed to the margins of a dusty, hostile mining town. Starring Tamara Cortés, Matías Catalán, and Paula Dinamarca. Available to rent at Letterboxd Video Store.
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‘Little Disasters’ Review: Perfect Mothers, Perfect Houses, Imperfect Series
When a child’s mysterious fracture triggers a social-services investigation, a long-standing group of friends discovers that nobody is quite who they pretend to be. Streaming on Paramount+
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‘The New Years’ Review: The Story of Us (MUBI)
A relationship unfolds in ten fragments — one for each New Year — tracing how love deepens, frays, and transforms as time quietly takes its toll. Streaming on MUBI.
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‘On Swift Horses’ Review: A Gorgeous Film Searching for Depth
A visually exquisite but emotionally hollow melodrama about two queer lives unfolding in the shadows of 1950s America. Starring Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
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‘Predators’ Review: When Television Plays Cop, Judge and Jury
A sharp, unsettling documentary that revisits ‘To Catch a Predator’ to question the ethics, impact and lingering influence of TV-engineered justice.
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‘3000 km by Bike’ Review: A Lyrical Journey Beyond Sport and Success
Disenchanted with competitive BMX, former Youth Olympic champion Iki Mazza rides from Córdoba to Tierra del Fuego on a tiny bike—chasing love, freedom, and a life that isn’t measured by medals.
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‘Broke’ Review: Wyatt Russell Shines in a Stark Rodeo-Survival Drama
A wounded rodeo rider battles addiction, family pressure, and a brutal winter night in this stark, two-track drama where survival—emotional and literal—is never guaranteed.
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‘Little Trouble Girls’ Review: Between the Virgin and the Flesh
A shy newcomer at a Catholic school joins her choir on a weekend trip to a convent, where sacred music, hidden desires, and rising tensions push her toward a revelation about who she is—and what truly moves her.
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‘La Grazia’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino’s Quiet Meditation on Power and Grace
A reflective portrait of an Italian President as he confronts ethical dilemmas, personal regrets, and the final chapter of his life. Sorrentino explores humor, lightness, and human grace with subtlety and restraint.


