Film Reviews
Meme can be a brilliant thriller when it wants to be, but there is a heck of a lot of philosophising bridging those tenser moments.
Kent Jones’ Diane struggles to define itself as something more than an average, albeit thoughtful, indie film.
The Wind reverberates with an eerie tone, and though occasionally uneven, there is enough here to ultimately recommend it, especially for fans of Westerns or horror.
With her film Tamara and The Ladybug, Lucía Carreras has managed to craft a small scale film with a social awareness and universality reminiscent of The Bicycle Thieves.
The Curse of La Llorona is not original enough to stand on its own, relying too intently on jumpscares and with not enough focus on the characters around them.
We were able to speak with Justin O’Neal Miller, writer and director of the comedy short about American suburbia called Peggy.
The latest adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary has some interesting new ideas, but it never quite reaches liftoff.
Stockholm is successful in doing the impossible – making the viewer understand and even empathize with the interpersonal connection between a hostage and her captor, and vice versa.
Becky Kukla looks at three films playing at this year’s BFI Flare: JT Leroy, Two in the Bush, and No Box For Me, An Intersex Story.
A promising start quickly descends into troubling formula in The Best of Enemies, wasting two excellent lead performances and a potentially interesting story.
There is a suffocating feeling of time closing in during the latest episode of Riverdale, a feeling a bomb is about to drop that will leave us hanging until next season.
With virtually no plot and very little character development, Tyrel works best as an examination of masculinity and race.
There are so many avenues of Shadowhunters to close up before the end of the series, yet each seam is sewing up rather nicely as we make our way to the end.
Shazam! is a walk-off grand slam in extra innings, feeling like a statement from a studio and director working so hard to finally get it all right.
Musanna Ahmed looks at four documentaries from this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival; The Trial of Ratko Mladić, Roll Red Roll, Esta Todo Bien and Everything Must Fall.