Movie reviews of Ulkar Alakbarova

Grimsey is a piece of film that might make anyone feel lonely. Review

Silvana is one of the most extravagant and crowd-pleasing documentary feature about the Swedish rapper Silvana Imam, her journey, life and the change she wants to see in this world. Review

A Kid Like Jake is carefully crafted story that reaches right to the core of the problem, delivering what it intends right from the beginning. Review

While Octavio is Dead is far from being called a masterpiece, through its outstanding performances, sensual soundtrack and solid direction from Sook-Yin Lee, it turns into a solid piece that’s worthwhile seeing. Review

Evening Shadows is an astounding film with a charming touch. It’s so sweet and harmless it can warm any heart. Review

It touches quite a few complicated concepts and carefully explores the topic of pedophilia through suggestions and dialogues, superbly performed by Avi Malka, Neta Shpigelman and Noa Biron as Effi. Review

A Woman Captured is an incredibly intriguing movie, and in fact one of the rarest documentary features where the filmmaker is able to finalize the story with no need to follow up on it with a later one. Review

Show Dogs is an adorable film about dog pageant with the element of action and comedy, maybe not much though, but an acceptable level to sit through it. Review

Susanne Clement as Rae, Allan Hawco as Rae, and Shelley Thompson as Monica form an excellent trio. They fulfill each other on the set to create a magnetic attraction to capture the characters they portray in such an impressive way. Review

This is an enjoyable movie that will make you raise more questions and realize that the search of identity is a problem every community has without exception.… Review

Women of Venezuelan Chaos is an absolutely powerful film that is cleverly constructed in a way for the audience to grasp every detail. Beautifully narrated, it brings up so many emotions, vulnerability and yet the enormous amount of strength these five women portray, doing the best they can to walk on the unstable grounds of Venezuela. Review

Godard Mon Amour is a delicately crafted film from one master dedicated to another with a poignant look into how Godard left an impact on people that cared deeply about him or his work. Review

Breaking In is an impressive modern suspenseful thriller about the cat and mouse game between four criminals and one woman who is determined to show them how wrong they are about judging the capability of the woman and demonstrating who’s boss. Review

An impressive touch of Alexandria Bombach makes the viewer to leave their comfort zone and witness the reality of the twenty first century and how some humans are still worse than animals. Review

Despite the one-sided story that will lead to only one opinion, Stephen Maing’s film is still an excellent piece to watch. It’s well crafted, subtly narrated and points out so many important issues, one day I hope, can be solved. Review

Jonathan is a very disturbing, profoundly deep and very concerning subject matter. Review

It’s a beautifully narrated film where all details are cleverly put together by Shapiro’s camera which follows Noor till her winning process and then touches the moment that stunned the world when Donald Trump became the president. Review

Amazingly narrated, touching story told with heart, Momentum Generation delivers that subtle moment of the young surfers that elevated surfing to unprecedented heights and popularity to inspire even the generation after. Review

Because it’s healthy for the film or the story you followed seriously or care about characters we may never meet in a real life, but through Obey we never felt that they were strangers to us. And that was the beauty of Jones’ work, no doubt, you will certainly admire. Review

Nigerian Prince is an exquisitely made film that literally must be seen by anyone who is not aware of what happens in foreign countries or are not aware of the different level of corruption. Review

The Night Eats The World is a surprisingly decent horror movie that delivers that frightening reality not on the level of the movie itself, but rather the world when it might find itself one day in the same condition. Review

But there was something missing in the entire film I could not simply explain. Review

Zoe is an extraordinary film about how an imperfect relationship can turn into something amazing. Review

The Fourth Estate” is a powerful, expressive and time defining documentary directed by Liz Garbus which is centered around the New York Times reporters and their coverage of Trump’s White House... Review