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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl: Whispers Beneath the Mopane Tree
There is a quiet rustling in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, a noise not of wings but of memories, secrets, and the ancestral silence that coats grief like dust upon roadside shoes. Rungano Nyoni’s latest film opens with a sudden and spectral death—an uncle lying still on an empty Zambian road under a moon that…
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The Parenting: A Macabre Family Soirée of Screams and Snark
Imagine this: Rohan (Nik Dodani) and Josh (Brandon Flynn) are young lovebirds, brimming with optimism, who invite their parents to a country house rental for what they mistakenly believe will be a peaceful weekend of family bonding. It’s a foolish notion. Unbeknownst to them, a malevolent 400-year-old entity lurks within the creaking floorboards and ominously…