ND/NF Review: ‘Scary Mother’ is a Rebellious Breath of Fresh Air
There must be something really frightening in a 50-year-old woman deciding to give up her role as diligent housewife and mother, especially when it is the only ...
Leonardo Goi
ND/NF Review: ‘Ava’ Tells a Universal Tale of Resilience Against Patriarchal Oppression
Sadaf Foroughi’s fulminating debut feature, Ava, may strike a few chords among Persepolis enthusiasts. A role-model schoolgirl turned rebel, its eponymous teena...
ND/NF Review: Life Breathes Through Ilian Metev’s Gentle-Paced Family Drama ‘3/4’
The characters populating Ilian Metev’s 3/4 (read: Three Quarters) often walk and talk in pairs, but they are seldom framed together, the camera lingering on ea...
ND/NF Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ is a Rollicking Bio-Doc as Uncompromising as its Magnetic Protagonist
Long before “Galang” and “Paper Planes," and prior to her Oscar nomination and universal fame, there was a time M.I.A. was Mathangi Arulpragasam, the daughter o...
Leonardo Goi
An Italian-born, UK-raised film critic, Leonardo Goi is an alumnus of the Locarno Critics Academy and Berlinale Talents, where he coordinates the Talent Press. Along with The Film Stage, he writes for MUBI, Senses of Cinema, and Kinoscope. For reviews and reports from the festival circuit, follow him on Twitter at @LeonardoGoi.