Film Festivals

Fantasia Film Festival 2021: BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES
Fantasia Film Festival 2021: BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES

Energetic and creative, no matter how you quantify it, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is a whole lot of fun.

Fantasia Film Festival: Interview with the writing/directing family John Adams, Zelda Adams & Toby Poser, creators of HELLBENDER
Fantasia Film Festival 2021: HELLBENDER

Hellbender create its own stamp on the subgenre with a twisting, trippy and complex mother/daughter relationship that is certain to leave a lasting mark.

Locarno Film Festival 2021: Festival Dispatch
Locarno Film Festival 2021: Festival Dispatch 1

Reporting from the 2021 Locarno Film Festival, Monique Vigneault looks at Soul of a Beast, 100 Minutes, The Girl and the Spider Mask and Il Legionario!

Melbourne International Film Festival 2021: Keeping The Dream Alive
Melbourne International Film Festival 2021: Keeping The Dream Alive

Reporting back from MIFF 2021, Sean Fallon reviews Come Back Anytime, Set!, Stray, Ablaze and The Witches of the Orient!

Fantasia Film Festival 2021: Interview With Director Nicole Bazuin Of LAST NIGT AT THE STRIP CLUB
Fantasia Film Festival 2021: Interview With Director Nicole Bazuin Of LAST NIGHT AT THE STRIP CLUB

At the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival, Wilson Kwong was able to speak with director Nicole Bazuin about her latest film Last Night at the Strip Club.

New York Asian Film Festival 2021 Part Two: THE CON-HEARTIST, A LEG, RAGING FIRE
New York Asian Film Festival 2021 Part Two: THE CON-HEARTIST, A LEG, RAGING FIRE

Lee Jutton continues her coverage of the New York Asian Film Festival with reviews of The Con-Heartist, A Leg, and Raging Fire.

Bentonville Film Festival 2021: COAST
Bentonville Film Festival 2021: COAST

Beautifully filmed, Coast is a film you will find just coasting through the motions.

Bentonville Film Festival 2021: CODA
Bentonville Film Festival 2021: CODA

From stunning performances all around, Coda is perfection from start to finish, keeping audiences engaged through humor, heart and genuine craftsmanship.

Bentonville Film Festival 2021: MOGUL MOWGLI
Bentonville Film Festival 2021: MOGUL MOWGLI

In its entirety, Mogul Mowgli is a cinematic experience that will resonate with the heart and enlighten the mind.

Fantasia Film Festival 2021: WHAT JOSIAH SAW
Fantasia Film Festival 2021: WHAT JOSIAH SAW

Haunting, strange, and engrossing, What Josiah Saw works in perpetuating perceivable dread.

The 74th Locarno Film Festival: Espíritu Sagrado
The 74th Locarno Film Festival: Espíritu Sagrado

The film flounders in its overly long crawl but makes up for it in a repulsive final twist.

New York Asian Film Festival 2021 Part One: ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU, NINJA GIRL and BARBARIAN INVASION
New York Asian Film Festival 2021 Part One: ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU, NINJA GIRL and BARBARIAN INVASION

In her first report from the New York Asian Film Festival, Lee Jutton reviews Escape from Mogadishu, Ninja Girl and Barbarian Invasion.

Queens World Film Festival: EXTERNO
Queens World Film Festival: EXTERNO

Externo is a definite recommendation for those searching for something out of the ordinary in terms of storytelling and high concept.

Tribeca 2021, Report 2: Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound
Tribeca 2021, Report 2: Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound

In her final report, Kristy Strouse reviews Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound.

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: IN THE HEIGHTS
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: IN THE HEIGHTS

In the Heights follows a small corner of individuals as they face gentrification, immigration, and acceptance of self during the summer’s hottest days.