March Around the World 2025: Antigua and Barbuda
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According to the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, who have the film hosted on there Facebook page, The Sweetest Mango is not only the first feature film from the small Caribbean nation, but also the first Indigenous film from the Eastern Caribbean. The bureau notes that the film is based on the real-life love story of its producers, Mitzi Allen and Howard Allen. And it stands up in a sort of…
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The Sweetest Mango 2001
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Heylaa 2006
March Around the World 2025: Maldives
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There's much to recommend directors Moomin Fuad and Ali Shifau's Heylaa. The story follows a young boy named Shahulaa (Zeenath Abbas) as he navigates the difficulties of having an ex-con father who sees him as an errand boy for his continuing criminal enterprises, a mostly distant mother who has endured her own abuses for years, and a Maldivian city where everyone assumes he's a criminal due to his family. And certainly, Abbas's performance…Translated from by
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The Big Shot 1942
The Big Noirvember 2024: Category 25. With "Big" in the title
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It's all fun and games until someone puts on blackface.Aside from that rather unfortunate sequence, The Big Shot is a solid Huphrey Bogart/Warner Bros. ganster flick. Bogie plays a washed-up gangster who agrees to one last job. We get a few fun action sequences, well executed by director Lewis Seiler. The plot is serviceable enough. And, of course, Bogart carries the picture on his charisma and acting…
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Le Cercle Rouge 1970
The Big Noirvember 2024: Category 30. Any noir on your watchlist
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Basically a remake of Rififi, just not as riveting. The film's a good 30 minutes too long. The heist sequence, like that in Rififi, is the highlight, taking place in real time and with no dialogue like that in the earlier film. Despite the sleepy pacing, Le cercle rouge is worth a look for fans of French neo-noirs or of heist films in general.Translated from by
