Film Festivals

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.

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.

TIFF 2025: Interview with Nicole Bazuin and Andrea Werhun of Modern Whore
TIFF 2025: Interview with Nicole Bazuin and Andrea Werhun of Modern Whore

After collaborating for more than a decade, Bazuin and Werhun’s creative endeavours have culminated in a creatively charged feature-length film.

TIFF 2025: Roofman and Motor City
TIFF 2025: Roofman and Motor City

An energized ‘silent’ action film and a quirky narrative about a real life American who hid from authorities inside a local Toys”R”Us.

Night Frights LA 2025 - A New Name in Horror Fests
Night Frights LA 2025 – A New Name in Horror Fests

With Midsummer Scream only a few weeks past, folks in the LA area can look forward to the premier of the newest horror festival, Night Frights LA.

The Melbourne International Film Festival 2025: Ghosts, Chainsaws, and Porridge
The Melbourne International Film Festival 2025: Ghosts, Chainsaws, and Porridge

The Melbourne International Film Festival returns for another year of movies and events at one of the best festivals in the world.