The Pale Blue Eye – Review Alysha Prasad January 14, 2023 Reviews Based on Louis Bayard’s novel of the same name, writer-director Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye, set in 1830 West Point, New York, follows veteran detective Augustus Landor (Bale) as he investigates a...
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Review Alysha Prasad December 12, 2022 Reviews Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio reinvents the classic story of a wooden puppet brought to life through song and stunning stop-motion. Narrated by Ewan McGregor as Sebastian J. Cricket, we’re introduced to...
A Love Song – Review Alysha Prasad December 9, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in January 2022 as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. Max Walker-Silverman’s debut feature, A Love Song, centres around two childhood sweethearts, Faye (Dale...
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Review Alysha Prasad November 24, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in September 2022 as part of our TIFF coverage. From writer-director Rian Johnson, the highly anticipated Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery features an impressive lineup of...
Aftersun – Review Alysha Prasad November 20, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in October 2022 as part of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage. Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun introduces us to Sophie (Celia Rowlson-Hall/Frankie Corio), who’s...
Decision to Leave – Review Alysha Prasad October 23, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in June 2022 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave (Heojil kyolshim) follows a murder investigation headed by the highly...
The Banshees of Inisherin – Review Alysha Prasad October 23, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in September 2022 as part of our TIFF coverage. In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite in The Banshees of Inisherin, written and directed by Martin...
The Fabelmans – TIFF 2022 Review Alysha Prasad October 3, 2022 Reviews Gabriel LaBelle in his lead breakout role takes on the challenge of playing Sammy Fabelman, an aspiring filmmaker based on Steven Spielberg, in the highly anticipated semi-autobiographical film, The Fabelmans,...
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – TIFF 2022 Review Alysha Prasad September 14, 2022 Reviews Based on the 2012 young adult novel of the same name by Benjamin Alire Sáenz comes Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, helmed by writer-director Aitch Alberto. Set in 1987 El Paso, this...
My Policeman – TIFF 2022 Review Alysha Prasad September 13, 2022 Reviews Michael Grandage’s My Policeman, based on the 2012 romance novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts, is set in 1950’s England, where policeman Tom (Harry Styles/Linus Roache) marries school teacher Marion...
The Whale – TIFF 2022 Review Alysha Prasad September 13, 2022 Reviews In Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, we’re introduced to Charlie (Brendan Fraser), a reclusive English professor struggling with the personal relationships he has with his friend Liz (Hong Chau) and his...
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – TIFF 2022 Review Alysha Prasad September 10, 2022 Reviews From the minds of writer-director Eric Appel and the best accordion player within a very niche genre of music, Al Yankovic as co-writer and producer, comes the satirical biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story....
Broker – Cannes Film Festival 2022 Review Alysha Prasad June 30, 2022 Reviews The newest South Korean drama, Broker, written and directed by the great Hirokazu Kore-eda introduces us to Sang-hyeon (Song Kang-ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won), who steal babies from a church's baby box to...
Elvis – Review Alysha Prasad June 24, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in June 2022 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. Baz Luhrmann’s spectacular, bedazzled musical biopic, Elvis, follows the life and career of actor and musician...
Everything Went Fine – Review Alysha Prasad June 18, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in July 2021 as part of our Cannes coverage. François Ozon’s touching film Everything Went Fine (Tout S'est Bien Passé) begins just after 85-year-old André (André...