Author Alysha Prasad

This film was previously reviewed in August 2020 as part of our Fantasia Festival coverage. Why can’t we just have different opinions and be nice about it? Femke Boot (Katja Herbers), a columnist, author,...

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. Shaka King’s highly anticipated Judas and the Black Messiah takes us back to 1968 in Chicago, Illinois....

This film was previously reviewed in October 2020 as part of our coverage for Nightstream Film Festival. “You’re very lucky,” is the belittling phrase used throughout Natasha Kermani’s film, Lucky,...

Kate Tsang’s Marvelous and the Black Hole follows troubled teenager Sammy Ko (Miya Cech) who is struggling to cope with the death of her mother. After being forced by her father (Leonardo Nam) to enrol in a...

When asked at the airport whether she was in Los Angeles for business or pleasure, Bella Cherry (Sofia Kappel) answers, “pleasure,” followed by a small, unreadable smile. Pleasure’s writer-director Ninja...

What would it feel like to be transported into a horror movie? Jane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going to the World’s Fair introduces us to an online role-playing horror game that’s gone viral. Teenager...

A terrifying storm sets the events of Karen Cinorre’s Mayday into motion after a short circuit occurs at Ana’s (Grace Van Patten) workplace, transporting her into an alternate world where she meets a group...

Shot on 16mm film is Erin Vassilopoulos’ feature, Superior, transporting viewers back to the Eighties through incredibly stylish sets and costume designs. We are introduced to Marian (Alessandra Mesa) as she...

Wild Indian is the feature debut from Indigenous writer-director Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., who tells the story of two Indigenous men, Makwa (Michael Greyeyes) and Ted-O (Chaske Spencer), and how their lives...

"Tiny Dancer" by Elton John and other various classics play from the tapes of an old radio show as Aood (Ice Natara) and Boss (Tor Thanapob) take a road trip down memory lane, not all of their memories being...

After director Aneesh Chaganty came out with his directorial debut, Searching, in 2018, anticipation was high for his next film. This year on the opening night of Nightstream Film Festival, Chaganty followed...

Second Spring, from director Andy Kelleher, chronicles the life of a woman named Kathy (Cathy Naden) after she gets diagnosed with Fronto Temporal Degeneration, which affects her behavior and ability to show...

Emre Akay’s AV: The Hunt, set in present day Turkey, takes us on an intense journey of an unfaithful woman named Ayse (Billur Melis Koç), who is fighting for her life after she gets caught with her lover....

What would you do if you had the opportunity to bring back the ones you loved and lost? Premiering at this year’s Nightstream Film Festival is Terence Krey’s emotional thriller, An Unquiet Grave, a film...

Directing duo Lankyboy present Summerland, a film about three friends, Bray (Chris Ball), Oliver (Rory J. Super) and Oliver’s girlfriend, Stacey (Maddie Phillips) who embark on an adventurous road trip to...