It has been two months since No Time to Die, the twenty-fifth instalment in the James Bond series, was released. The film features several stunning locations, including some of my personal favourites — Italy (Matera), the Caribbean (Jamaica), Norway, the Faroe Islands, and London. As much as I enjoyed following the fictional British MI6 agent on his globe-trotting adventures (SPOILER ALERT), I was taken aback by the ending, in which Bond dies. A few weeks later, I attended the Leeds International Film Festival, held from 3 to 18 November. Interestingly, five of the six films I watched — chosen either by myself or my friend Jini — explored themes of…