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The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy isn’t Danganronpa 4, but it’s happy to revisit some fan-favourite tropes
By happy coincidence, I finished playing Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony for the first time earlier this month – meaning that I’ve finally conquered the full main story of a massive multimedia franchise that’s had a chokehold on my attention ever since I got swept up by its mini-renaissance during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020. More…

‘Cactus Pears’ review: An assured debut feature that subverts queer tropes
Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda), Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s semi-autobiographical debut feature about a queer romance experienced amid mourning is the only movie from India competing at the Sundance Film Festival. The story of love and grief in a rural setting came to Kanawade while coping with his own father’s death, as he wondered how different processing…