© 2026 The Couch Critic
Feelings from the past are uncaged when exes run into each other at their old spot, new dates in arm.
A discerning lesbian pretends to be Christian to score a date with the hot choir singer, finding herself at Bushwick’s oldest queer Bible study.
Inspired by horror films and videos displayed on screens in shops, Cadence of a Prayer considers the abstraction of the queer, human, tropical body. Representations of flesh, body, and skin are coagulated into corporeal messes, as the body becomes ‘inhumanised’ through a combination of stretches, melts, and sweat.
Shot entirely on Super8 camera, this film is a part of Montien’s ‘The Gay Asian Cowboy’ series. Inspired by his late father’s obsession with vintage Western movies, Montien travelled to the location where early classics in that genre were made, and shot his own queer version of the cowboy’s fantasy.
Artist Doreen Chan assumes the role of facilitator and mixologist, chatting with participants about their dream associations as they consume cocktails or mocktails she has created. These visceral blends evoke places, smells, and tastes connected to their dreams. Across the three documentary videos, these exchanges unfold as moments of reflection and remembrance.
Koki, a gardener in Guatemala City, hides a secret: he is a vampire. By day he lives with his wife, and young son; by night he feeds in the shadows. Together, the parents try to shield the boy from the curse. But when the hunger awakens in him, something irreversible occurs, sealing a tragic inheritance.
Kristin Harila risked everything to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks at record speed. When her final ascent sparked backlash, her greatest triumph became a reckoning.
Moshood Abiola wins Nigeria's freest election, only for the military to jail him. When U.S. diplomats arrive to negotiate his release, he is served tea, and dies.
Jon Snow comes out of retirement for one last investigation, travelling to Zambia to uncover a mining disaster being covered up by officials.
In Nigeria's Niger Delta, where oil extraction has poisoned the land for decades, poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey nurtures a new generation of writers to fight back.
