Category: Film Reviews
![Let the River Flow [Ellos eatnu — La elva leve] — Scandinavian Film Festival 2023](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ytpqsE5aODMgu2A3FLL2hAJ6UBR.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
Let the River Flow [Ellos eatnu — La elva leve] — Scandinavian Film Festival 2023
Review by John P. Harvey. It is 1979, in the Norwegian town of Alta. Ester (Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen), a ...
![Fathers & Mothers [Fædre & mødre] — Scandinavian Film Festival 2023](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hm5XTB61V9wFqvl5Xtae51jNKIZ.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
Fathers & Mothers [Fædre & mødre] — Scandinavian Film Festival 2023
Review by John P. Harvey. Twelve-year-old Hannah (Ida Skelbæk-Knudsen) is going to have to change schools yet again. Her parents, ...
![The Grump: In Search of an Escort [Mielensäpahoittaja Eskorttia etsimässä] — Scandinavian Film Festival 2023](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pi1BJxxv37GNRGCr10Tu5Zynhjp.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
The Grump: In Search of an Escort [Mielensäpahoittaja Eskorttia etsimässä] — Scandinavian Film Festival 2023
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Mielensäpahoittaja (the grump), played by Heikki Kinnunen, lives and works on his ancestral farm in ...
![[Film review] Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/9mZDDQ43I2QZOsYDlGZ6S8fFSTf.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
[Film review] Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One
Review by John P. Harvey. An artificial intelligence (A.I.) has been set loose. It has made its way into highest-security ...
![[Film review] Other People’s Children [Les enfants des autres]](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/9eIzy76swY4DnVWfmOsA689sjgo.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
[Film review] Other People’s Children [Les enfants des autres]
Review by John P. Harvey. Starring the ever superb Virginie Efira as Rachel, a Parisienne high-school teacher with genuine compassion ...
![[Film review] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/4MJYDmHX5thaHhF45xzorQp06rs.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
[Film review] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Review by John P. Harvey. Well, after much rain-dancing and counting of prayer beads, the next (and supposedly final) instalment ...
![In Therapy [Bajo terapia] — Spanish Film Festival 2023](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bajoterapiaccarmen-planes4992-1675076366.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
In Therapy [Bajo terapia] — Spanish Film Festival 2023
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. At the behest of their therapist, three couples meet at an unusual venue away from ...
![Staring at Strangers [No mires a las ojos] — Spanish Film Festival 2023](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/6XSDikVyntm4dHAacilTbWg8KvV.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
Staring at Strangers [No mires a las ojos] — Spanish Film Festival 2023
Review by John P. Harvey. Being sacked after twenty years of loyal service to his company leads Damián (Paco León) ...
![Two Many Chefs [La vida padre] — Spanish Film Festival 2023](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/la-vida-padre.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1)
Two Many Chefs [La vida padre] — Spanish Film Festival 2023
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Juan Inchausti (Karra Elejalde) is a gastronomic genius running the family restaurant, Ataria, in Bilbao, ...
![Grandfathers [Abuelos] — Spanish Film Festival 2023](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/grandfathers.jpg?fit=1024%2C553&quality=89&ssl=1)
Grandfathers [Abuelos] — Spanish Film Festival 2023
Review by John P. Harvey. The problems of friends Isidro, Arturo, and Desiderio may have a common solution. Isidro (Carlos ...