The Teacher

The Teacher has a little bit of an identity crisis at times, but its strongest moment comes near the end with the gut-punch confrontation: "To your people, your son is worth 1,000 of mine." That line alone cuts deeper than any of the film’s dramatic beats. Compelling…

Kevflix And Chill

“to your people, your son is worth 1000 of mine.” i usually don’t usually take letterboxd seriously, but as of tomorrow we will be 150 days into witnessing the current genocide against the people of Gaza. 30,000 lives have been lost as the leaders of the western world…

gee

“To your people, your son is worth thousands of mine”  That line is gonna stay with me

Seamus/Jay*

🇵🇸 Palestinian Film Week: 3rd movie. The first true miss from me. A poorly dramatized, bloated, and bland story of resistance that feels like it itself surrenders too quickly. It kind of lost me when it presented the israeli lawyer as a faceless character whose only…

Cobrainwater ✄

Just incredibly unfocused as a film. On one hand a brutal portrait of Israeli occupation, on the other a very Hollywoodsy political thriller, on the third a romance that never felt developed or believable. You might notice that is more hands than the average person has. I…

Anna Arnesen

I had the absolute pleasure of attending the world premiere of The Teacher at TIFF. I met the incredible director, Farah Nablusi, and rising star, Mohamed Abd El Rahman. To say they were kind would be an absolute understatement. The film I watched today fully encompassed…

nadia🇵🇸

As a Palestinian watching this, I’m so glad it’s being screened in mainstream cinemas and seen by many.  The performances of Bakri and Muhammad Abed Elrahman were stellar. Not sure why they felt the need to bring in Imogen Poots character. For me it really watered down the…

lucakc

Usually when a movie is so sad and depressing i always try to tell myself “it’s not real, it’s just a movie” so I can comfort & calm myself down and detach myself from the movie and go back to reality so I can stop crying. In this movie I couldn’t do that, so every-time I…

Yodacreature

Really good for the most part. saleh bakri is unsurprisingly amazing and while the movie is a little obvious it’s clear Farah Nabulsi knows what she’s doing and talking about. Only further solidified by her great q&a. Excited to see more from her, I hope this does well so…

Chris 🍉