The best martial arts films have a spiritual element to go with the physical. Think of how many films were about the monks of the Shaolin Temple? But where do you imagine the most spiritual part of Asia is located? For me, it’s the Himalayan mountains. This is where the Dali Lama lives. Although the … Read more
When orphaned Māori woman Mary (Ariāna Osborne) travels to Victorian England in the 1800s to uncover the identities of the parents she never knew, she instead unearths heinous secrets with far-reaching implications for her family tree. Mārama, the New Zealand gothic horror film from director Taratoa Stappard, folds cultural appropriation
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