Film Festivals

Fantastic Fest 2019: Takashi Miike Gets The Job Done In FIRST LOVE
Fantastic Fest 2019: Takashi Miike Gets The Job Done In FIRST LOVE

First Love mixes and matches generic elements freely and playfully, making it impossible to pin down into one category.

TIFF 2019: THE TRUTH & UNCUT GEMS
TIFF 2019: THE TRUTH & UNCUT GEMS

In our latest recap from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, We look at the films The Truth and Uncut Gems.

London Film Festival 2019, Week One: Foreign Language Oscar Contenders, Creepy Shorts and Arthouse Johnny Depp
London Film Festival 2019, Week One: Foreign Oscar Contenders, Creepy Shorts & Arthouse Johnny Depp

Our first dispatch from LFF 2019 features reviews of And Then We Danced, System Crasher, Waiting for the Barbarians and more.

Fantastic Fest 2019: SON OF THE WHITE MARE
Fantastic Fest 2019: SON OF THE WHITE MARE

Beyond being historically significant and a truly gorgeous film, Son of the White Mare manages to connect with our most ancient arts and make them digestible for any viewer.

Fantastic Fest 2019: SCREAM QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
Fantastic Fest 2019: SCREAM QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

Looking back on “the gayest horror film ever made”, Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street is the kind of documentary you wait all year to see.

Tribeca TV Festival 2019: EVIL Comes Knocking
Tribeca TV Festival 2019: EVIL Comes Knocking

With a talented and diverse cast, chills coming from the darkest corners of television and unending potential, Evil is definitely the one to watch.

Fantastic Fest 2019: VHYES & The Magical Horror Of Television
Fantastic Fest 2019: VHYES & The Magical Horror Of Television

VHYES tells a poignant story about the odd agency a child can find in television, and the combination of joy and horror that, almost always, follows.

Fantastic Fest 2019: KOKO-DI KOKO-DA
Fantastic Fest 2019: KOKO-DI KOKO-DA

Koko-di, Koko-da is a surprising triumph, a modern fable brilliantly told and performed to expert precision.

TIFF 2019: Pablo Larraín's Rapturous Dance Melodrama EMA
TIFF 2019: Pablo Larraín’s Rapturous Dance Melodrama EMA

Pablo Larraín’s Ema is certainly the most unpredictable, wild, and unconventional study of a frayed woman at this year’s TIFF.

TIFF 2019: The Oddities: COLOR OUT OF SPACE And THE LONG WALK

This TIFF 2019 report focuses more on the stranger side of TIFF, including the films Color Out of Space and The Long Walk.

TIFF 19 Reviews: HONEY BOY & HOW TO BUILD A GIRL
TIFF 19 Reviews: HONEY BOY & HOW TO BUILD A GIRL

Brent Goldman covers Toronto International Film Festival films Honey Boy and How To Build a Girl.

TIFF 2019: Foreign Coming-of-Age and Romance Films: ORDINARY LOVE, EASY LAND, AUGUST, DIRT MUSIC
TIFF 2019: Foreign Coming-of-Age & Romance Films: ORDINARY LOVE, EASY LAND, AUGUST, DIRT MUSIC

In this TIFF 2019 report, David Fontana reviews four foreign films: Ordinary Love, Easy Land, August, and Dirt Music.

Venice International Film Festival 2019: BLANCO EN BLANCO
Venice Film Festival 2019: BLANCO EN BLANCO

Although beautifully crafted, Théo Court‘s Blanco en Blanco is let down by the lack of restraint and direction.

TIFF 2019: MARRIAGE STORY: A Grounded, Relatable Story About Love and Loss
TIFF 2019: MARRIAGE STORY: An Emotionally Affecting Story About Love & Loss

Marriage Story is amongst Noah Baumbach’s finest works; it is sympathetic and charming, while containing some career-best performances by Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver.

TIFF 19: False Idols In Chiara Malta's SIMPLE WOMEN
TIFF 19: False Idols In Chiara Malta’s SIMPLE WOMEN

Simple Women makes for an interesting examination of false effigies and washed-up idols and one thing’s for sure, the two women in focus are most certainly anything but simple.