The Guilty – TIFF 2021 Review Lydia Rostant September 13, 2021 Reviews Antoine Fuqua’s explosive new film should come with a health warning, such is its intense physiological impact. Joining the ranks of Steven Knight’s Locke in its depiction of psychological duress and...
Silent Land – TIFF 2021 Review Lydia Rostant September 11, 2021 Reviews In the sun-soaked lethargy of coastal Italy, a couple find themselves grappling with life, death, and purpose. As a concept, it’s hardly new territory – auteurs of luxurious turmoil Luca Guadagnino and...
Nomadland – Review Weiting Liu April 28, 2021 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in September 2020. Writer-director-editor Chloé Zhao’s genre experimentation within the poetic docudrama has come to technical fruition in Nomadland, elevating her to...
Diamantino – Review Stephanie Watts September 16, 2018 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage on 16/09/2018. Diamantino cannot really be pinned down as one genre. Mixing sci-fi, comedy, fantasy and much...
The Crossing – Review Stephanie Watts September 9, 2018 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage on 9/9/18. Chinese first time director Bai Xue makes her mark on the film world with The Crossing, a coming...
The Predator – TIFF 2018 Review Stephanie Watts September 7, 2018 Reviews The Predator has landed back on Earth, and this time his target is a small autistic boy, his father, and a ragtag bunch of soldiers all receiving psychiatric treatment. Together, they prepare to hunt down the...
Welcome To The Dollhouse: The Ultimate Coming-Of-Age Film Calum Baker August 11, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Todd Solondz's debut feature, Welcome to the Dollhouse, serves up almost the very definition of black comedy. 21 years since its TIFF premiere, and on the eve of its pseudo-sequel Wiener-Dog finding UK...