6 hours ago
በአሜሪካ ፍሬስኖ ከተማ በተካሄደ ድግስ ላይ በተነሳ አለመግባባት የ26 ዓመቷ ማሪዮን ፀጋይ ህይወት አለፈ
* ተጠርጣሪዋ በቁጥጥር ስር ውላለች
#ethiopia | በአሜሪካ ካሊፎርኒያ ግዛት ፍሬስኖ ከተማ በሚገኝ የመኖሪያ ቤት ድግስ ላይ በተከሰተ የጥይት ተኩስ የ26 ዓመቷ ወጣት ማሪዮን ፀጋይ ህይወቷ ማለፉን የሀገሩ ፖሊስ አስታወቀ።
የፍሬስኖ ከተማ ፖሊስ መምሪያ ባወጣው መረጃ መሰረት ቅዳሜ ምሽት ተኩስ መከተሱን የሚገልፅ ጥሪ ደርሶት ፍሩት እና ሺልድስ በተባሉ መንገዶች አካባቢ ሲደርስ ማሪዮን ፀጋይ በነጠረ ጥይት ተመታ አግኝቷታል።
ተጎጂዋ ወዲያውኑ ወደ ህክምና ማዕከል ተወስዳ የተደረገላት የህይወት አድን እርዳታ ሳይሳካ ቀርቶ ህይወቷ ልታልፍ ችሏል።
የግድያ ወንጀሉን መርማሪዎች ባደረጉት ማጣራት በድግሱ ላይ በማሪዮን ፀጋይ እና በ24 ዓመቷ ኔማዲያ ክናክልስ መካከል በተነሳ የቃላት ጭቅጭቅ እና አለመግባባት ሳቢያ ተኩሱ እንደተከፈተ ለማወቅ ተችሏል።
የግድያ ወንጀሉን ፈፅማለች የተባለችው የ24 ዓመቷ ኔማዲያ ክናክልስ በፖሊስ ቁጥጥር ስር ውላ በነፍስ ግድያ ወንጀል ከተከሰሰች በኋላ በፍሬስኖ ካውንቲ ማሰሪያ ቤት እንድትቆይ ተደርጋለች።
የፍሬስኖ ፖሊስ መምሪያ ስለ ክስተቱ ተጨማሪ መረጃ ያለው ማንኛውም አካል ጥቆማ እንዲሰጥ ጥሪ አቅርቧል።
ማሪዮን ፀጋይ በቡላርድ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት የሙያ ማዕከል ውስጥ በነበራት ንቁ ተሳትፎ እና በፈጠራ የታጀበ የበጎ ፈቃድ አገልግሎቷ የሚታወስ ስም የነበራት ሲሆን፣ ላበረከተችው አስተዋፅኦ እውቅና ለመስጠትም በማዕከሉ የተማሪዎች መርሃ ግብር በእሷ ስም ተሰይሞላት እንደነበር ይታወቃል።
#marionetsegay #justiceformarione #fresno #california #crimenews #bullardhighschool #getutemesgen #getu #ጌጡ #ጌጡተመስገን #addisababa
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#ethiopia | በአሜሪካ ካሊፎርኒያ ግዛት ፍሬስኖ ከተማ በሚገኝ የመኖሪያ ቤት ድግስ ላይ በተከሰተ የጥይት ተኩስ የ26 ዓመቷ ወጣት ማሪዮን ፀጋይ ህይወቷ ማለፉን የሀገሩ ፖሊስ አስታወቀ።
የፍሬስኖ ከተማ ፖሊስ መምሪያ ባወጣው መረጃ መሰረት ቅዳሜ ምሽት ተኩስ መከተሱን የሚገልፅ ጥሪ ደርሶት ፍሩት እና ሺልድስ በተባሉ መንገዶች አካባቢ ሲደርስ ማሪዮን ፀጋይ በነጠረ ጥይት ተመታ አግኝቷታል።
ተጎጂዋ ወዲያውኑ ወደ ህክምና ማዕከል ተወስዳ የተደረገላት የህይወት አድን እርዳታ ሳይሳካ ቀርቶ ህይወቷ ልታልፍ ችሏል።
የግድያ ወንጀሉን መርማሪዎች ባደረጉት ማጣራት በድግሱ ላይ በማሪዮን ፀጋይ እና በ24 ዓመቷ ኔማዲያ ክናክልስ መካከል በተነሳ የቃላት ጭቅጭቅ እና አለመግባባት ሳቢያ ተኩሱ እንደተከፈተ ለማወቅ ተችሏል።
የግድያ ወንጀሉን ፈፅማለች የተባለችው የ24 ዓመቷ ኔማዲያ ክናክልስ በፖሊስ ቁጥጥር ስር ውላ በነፍስ ግድያ ወንጀል ከተከሰሰች በኋላ በፍሬስኖ ካውንቲ ማሰሪያ ቤት እንድትቆይ ተደርጋለች።
የፍሬስኖ ፖሊስ መምሪያ ስለ ክስተቱ ተጨማሪ መረጃ ያለው ማንኛውም አካል ጥቆማ እንዲሰጥ ጥሪ አቅርቧል።
ማሪዮን ፀጋይ በቡላርድ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት የሙያ ማዕከል ውስጥ በነበራት ንቁ ተሳትፎ እና በፈጠራ የታጀበ የበጎ ፈቃድ አገልግሎቷ የሚታወስ ስም የነበራት ሲሆን፣ ላበረከተችው አስተዋፅኦ እውቅና ለመስጠትም በማዕከሉ የተማሪዎች መርሃ ግብር በእሷ ስም ተሰይሞላት እንደነበር ይታወቃል።
#marionetsegay #justiceformarione #fresno #california #crimenews #bullardhighschool #getutemesgen #getu #ጌጡ #ጌጡተመስገን #addisababa
7 hours ago
በአንድ ምሽት የጨለመው ብሩህ ተስፋ፡ በካሊፎርኒያ ሕይወቷ የተቀጠፈው የ26 ዓመቷ ሜሮን ፀጋዬ አሳዛኝ ህልፈት - እስካሁን የምናውቀው መረጃ #marionetsegay #justiceformarione #newsupdate #facebooknews #california
10 months ago
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✨ Discover Addis Ethiopian Restaurant – Oakland, California ✨
Step into a world of authentic Ethiopian flavors and warm, soulful hospitality. 🌿
Make Addis your home base in Oakland — where the aroma of berbere meets the rhythm of the city.
የሰላም፣ የፍቅርና የአብሮነት ማዕድ ተቋደስናል።
እሰይ! - እጅሽ ይባረክ
Join us for special tasting menus, hands-on cooking classes, and cultural events that celebrate the heart of Ethiopia.
Turn your next date night into a romantic culinary escape with our exclusive offers. 💫
Hands washed. Food plated. Hearts open.
Share a traditional feast on soft, tangy injera — a meal made to connect hearts and cultures.
🍲 Halaal-friendly & Gluten-free options
🌱 Loved by Vegans & Non-Vegans alike
💚 Hearty, Healthy & Wholesome
ADDIS
OAKLAND ROOTS. ETHIOPIAN SOUL.
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✨ Discover Addis Ethiopian Restaurant – Oakland, California ✨
Step into a world of authentic Ethiopian flavors and warm, soulful hospitality. 🌿
Make Addis your home base in Oakland — where the aroma of berbere meets the rhythm of the city.
የሰላም፣ የፍቅርና የአብሮነት ማዕድ ተቋደስናል።
እሰይ! - እጅሽ ይባረክ
Join us for special tasting menus, hands-on cooking classes, and cultural events that celebrate the heart of Ethiopia.
Turn your next date night into a romantic culinary escape with our exclusive offers. 💫
Hands washed. Food plated. Hearts open.
Share a traditional feast on soft, tangy injera — a meal made to connect hearts and cultures.
🍲 Halaal-friendly & Gluten-free options
🌱 Loved by Vegans & Non-Vegans alike
💚 Hearty, Healthy & Wholesome
ADDIS
OAKLAND ROOTS. ETHIOPIAN SOUL.
#addisethiopianrestaurant #oaklandeats #tasteofafrica #authenticethiopianfood #ethiopiancuisine #africandining #oaklandrestaurants 🇪🇹 🇪🇷 🇺🇸
10 months ago
Fully Funded Summer Leadership Program in the USA
Dates: July 1-22, 2026
Link: https://scholarshipscorner...
Location: San Diego, California
Financial Support:
The Hansen Summer Institute is fully funded by the Fred J. Hansen Foundation, covering international airfare, accommodation, and all program costs.
Deadlines:
International Applicants: January 15, 2026.
US Applicants: March 15, 2026.
Dates: July 1-22, 2026
Link: https://scholarshipscorner...
Location: San Diego, California
Financial Support:
The Hansen Summer Institute is fully funded by the Fred J. Hansen Foundation, covering international airfare, accommodation, and all program costs.
Deadlines:
International Applicants: January 15, 2026.
US Applicants: March 15, 2026.
11 months ago
#ግዕዝ እንደ ቋንቋ ትምህርት ትምህርት የሚሰጥባቸው የዓለማችን ቦታዎች:–
North America
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1. Harvard University (USA):
2. Princeton University (USA):
3. University of Toronto (Canada)
4. University of Pennsylvania (USA)
5. Catholic University of America (USA)
6. UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)
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1. Hamburg University (Germany)
2. University of Oxford (UK)
3. University of Cambridge (UK)
4. University of Leiden (Netherlands)
5. Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
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7. University of Warsaw (Poland)
North America
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1. Harvard University (USA):
2. Princeton University (USA):
3. University of Toronto (Canada)
4. University of Pennsylvania (USA)
5. Catholic University of America (USA)
6. UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)
Europe
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1. Hamburg University (Germany)
2. University of Oxford (UK)
3. University of Cambridge (UK)
4. University of Leiden (Netherlands)
5. Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
6. University of Paris (France)
7. University of Warsaw (Poland)
1 year ago
11 of the best films to watch this April
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg's latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech "shrouds" are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work out who was responsible. This may sound like the kind of scenario that the director of Scanners and The Fly might use to justify lots of gory body horror, but The Shrouds is a "restrained, even elegant" film inspired by Cronenberg's own bereavement, says Steve Pond at The Wrap. "It's a deeply personal look at loss that finds plenty of time to get creepy but never loses sight of the fact that it's a movie about grief… Its focus, which never wavers, is always on the feeling of loss, not the sight of gore."
Released on 18 April in the US
On Swift Horses
Three of Hollywood's brightest young stars get together in On Swift Horses, a handsome period romance directed by Daniel Minhan and adapted from Shannon Pufahl's novel. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Muriel, the fiancée of an upstanding Korean War veteran, Lee (Will Poulter). He is looking forward to a traditional family life in California in the go-getting 1950s, but when his younger brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) comes to stay, Julius's gay relationships and gambling sprees help Muriel to understand why she is attracted to women and drawn to betting on horse races. Graham Guttman at Screen Rant calls the film a "quietly devastating [story of] great pain and even greater love, all of which is portrayed beautifully by the film's all-star cast", adding: "On Swift Horses, with its sweeping romance and epic nature, feels outside of time, transcending any issues to become something deeply affecting." On the other hand, the BBC's Caryn James considers it "a disappointment [that] works much better as an idea than as a film".
Released on 25 April in the US and Canada, and on 30 April in France
The Legend of Ochi
On a remote island in Eastern Europe, fanged and furry monsters called Ochi lurk in the forests. A farmer (Willem Dafoe) is obsessed by hunting them, but when his shy teenage daughter (Helena Zengel) finds an injured baby Ochi, it turns out to be a big-eyed, pointy-eared beastie that bears a striking resemblance to Gizmo from Gremlins and Grogu from The Mandalorian. The girl then defies her father and takes the creature back to its family – a journey that is visualised using practical rather than digital effects. "The Legend of Ochi, the rare A24 family film, is a charming throwback to adventure movies of the 80s like The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal," says Brian Tallerico at RogerEbert.com, "complete with original puppetry that reportedly contains not an ounce of CGI manipulation. It feels like a family film made by flesh-and-blood people in an era when computers are doing so much of the work."
Released on 25 April in the US, the UK, Canada and Ireland
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