2020s

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.

PG: The Nullification of a Once-Valid Rating
PG: The Nullification of a Once-Valid Rating

Originally designed for films appropriate for older kids, the PG rating now bares almost no distinction whatsoever from the G rating.

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.

Et Tu: The Horror of Theater
ET TU: The Horror of Theater

How far is too far to push your cast and crew to achieve your vision? That’s for Brent to find out in the thriller/horror/pitch-black comedy Et Tu.

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. 

"How Far Does the Dark Go?" review
HOW FAR DOES THE DARK GO?: Queer Vampire Drama Sucks In All The Wrong Ways

The most interesting and important movies in the world today are being made by trans…

RIEFENSTAHL: The Last Word on a Lifelong Propagandist
RIEFENSTAHL: The Last Word on a Lifelong Propagandist

Riefenstahl should be the last word on its subject—not just because it is the definitive one, but also because it is the last one we need.

STRANGER EYES: Who’s Watching Who?
STRANGER EYES: Who’s Watching Who?

Despite tackling intriguing and timely concepts, Stranger Eyes ends up being a surprisingly dull watch.

Nowhere Special review
NOWHERE SPECIAL: Sad Window Cleaner Faces Down Death

The British will literally eat beans on toast for breakfast and then go to work…

HollyShorts 2025: Little Bird & The Stand: Two Powerful Shorts
HollyShorts 2025: Little Bird & The Stand: Two Powerful Shorts

In The Stand and Little Bird, our leads hustle and fight to get by in a country that seems to stack the odds ever-increasingly against them.

"Superman" (2025) - source: Warner Bros.
SUPERMAN: Maybe the Most Progressive Hollywood Blockbuster of the 21st Century

Superman is possibly the most left-leaning blockbuster Hollywood has produced in the last 20 years.…

WEAPONS: A Darkly Funny, Bizarrely Entertaining Horror Film
WEAPONS: A Darkly Funny, Bizarrely Entertaining Horror Film

Weapons is many things: an entertaining genre film that is both funny and horrifying, an acting showcase for its talented cast.

But What About the Key of Rock? Freakier Friday's Missed Punk Opportunity
But What About the Key of Rock? Freakier Friday’s Missed Punk Opportunity

Freakier Friday is a missed opportunity. In this moment of Y2K nostalgia and resurgent conservative political backlash to feminism, we need punk rock.