Hypnagogic Congolese melodrama Omen is a film of many contradictions, not least of which is its status as Belgium’s 2024 Oscar submission. The story of a Congolese-Belgian national, Koffi (Marc
Joshua Bogatin
Joshua Bogatin is a freelance film critic, filmmaker, editor, and programmer based in New York City. As a writer he has contributed to Mubi Notebook, Screen Slate, Senses of Cinema, DMovies, and many other publications. As a filmmaker and editor he has worked on projects that have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and other international film festivals. He also freelances as a programmer for Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, NY where he programs films from all over the world and ran a bi-weekly screening series dedicated to Hong Kong cinema.
A masked woman rides across the desert on horseback. She stops at an oasis, pulls down her shirt and pumps milk out of her breasts into the clear waters. The
One of the most delightful quirks of classical cinema is how much films used to appreciate the movies themselves. Movie-love pervades many of the greatest classical Hollywood films from Sherlock




