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One of the great joys of reviewing films is watching a talented director tell a complete story or a fully realized snippet of life in a short period of time. Recently, I had the privilege of reviewing the Ethereal Fantasies block of shorts from the North Bend Film Fest 2021, …

Based on Amelie Nothomb’s novel The Enemy’s Cosmetique and directed by Catalonian filmmaker Kike Maíllo, A Perfect Enemy is a psychological thriller about a successful architect, who strikes up a conversation with a mysterious young woman. Their encounter only grows stranger and more twisted by the minute until it turns …