Film Festivals

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2025: SENTIMENTAL VALUE

God loves a Trier – Joachim, that is. Not content to bless the Danish-Norwegian writer…

THE BEST WONDERFULLY WEIRD VOICES FROM THE 2025 DARK MATTER FILM FESTIVAL

Hello hello, everyone! Spooky season has come and gone, and with it the annual rush…

Palestine 36 TIFF review
TIFF 2025: PALESTINE 36, SINK and THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

One of the more noticeable themes at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was the…

Queen Kelly featured
NYFF63: Queen Kelly

Some Queen Kelly is better than no Queen Kelly, especially when Milestone Films has devoted such meticulous effort to restoring it.

NYFF63: It Was Just an Accident, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Sound of Falling
NYFF63: It Was Just an Accident, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Sound of Falling

Mainly, they all deal heavily with trauma, how we deal with it in the moment, and how it can continue to linger, no matter how hard you try to submerge it within your mind and move on.

Are We Good?: Could Be Better
Are We Good?: Could Be Better

Packed with touching, heavy moments, it’s also peppered with the kind of dark and cynical humor you’d expect from its subject, Marc Maron.

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (2025)- source: Kino Lorber
NYFF63: Dry Leaf, Back Home + Ecce Mole, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

In this report from NYFF, we take a look at Dry Leaf, Back Home + Ecce Mole, and Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.

Two Prosecutors review
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2025: TWO PROSECUTORS

Two Prosecutors is an austere and purposefully unhurried story of seeking to uphold the law in a world where the law prioritises political expediency at any time changeable and at any cost.

NYFF63: Miroirs No. 3, The Mastermind, What Does That Nature Say To You
NYFF63: Miroirs No. 3, The Mastermind, What Does That Nature Say To You

Read on for my thoughts on the latest films from three of my favorite contemporary directors: Christian Petzold, Kelly Reichardt, and Hong Sang-soo. 

COYOTES: A Howling Good Time
COYOTES: A Howling Good Time

Coyotes is a flawed but gripping piece of horror-comedy filmmaking.

TIFF 2025: Girl and Swiped
TIFF 2025: Girl and Swiped

There’s usually no shortage of female filmmakers at the Toronto International Film Festival, and with the festival’s 2025 edition, that continues to be true.

TIFF 2025: Driver's Ed and The Ugly
TIFF 2025: Driver’s Ed and The Ugly

While Driver’s Ed and The Ugly are vastly different films, both provide thoughtful social commentary on their respective issues.

TIFF 2025: Interview with Director/Writer Lloyd Lee Choi of Lucky Lu
TIFF 2025: Interview with Director/Writer Lloyd Lee Choi of Lucky Lu

Lloyd Lee Choi brings his feature film debut to Toronto, in what seems like a perfect home for a story about the immigrant experience.

TIFF Round-Up #1: LEVERS, COPPER, & MĀRAMA
TIFF Round-Up #1: LEVERS, COPPER, & MĀRAMA

For his first report from this year’s TIFF Soham Gadre takes a look at Levers, Copper and Mārama.

TIFF 2025: The Smashing Machine
TIFF 2025: The Smashing Machine

One would have to go all the way back to Pain & Gain in 2013 to find a dramatically inclined and nuanced performance from Johnson.