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The Boogeyman – Film Review
Remember that Zoom-horror movie ‘Host‘ that came out during the pandemic? Well, director Rob Savage is back with a new horror film (we’re just going to ignore what came between these two movies – because Dashcam was abysmal), and this time he’s going mainstream with 20th Century Studios. Some might fear this could damage his… Read more
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Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – Film Review
It’s been five years since Into the Spider-Verse‘s release in theatres, which didn’t exactly do well at the box office, but ended up winning an Oscar and is still considered one of the most innovative animated features made by a big studio. Finally, Miles Morales is back in Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.… Read more
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Transatlantic – Mini-series Review
This series is a work of fiction inspired by real people and real events. Marseille, France. 1940. Wealthy Chicago activist Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs – Community, Invincible) is doing everything in her power to make sure that the US Government follows through with its promise to help as many WWII refugees as they can… Read more
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Chicken for Linda! – Film Review | Cannes 2023
Linda is unfairly punished by her mother, Paulette, who will do anything to make it up to her. Even make chicken with peppers when in fact she can’t cook. Linda absolutely wants to have the chicken that her late father used to make… Most days it shouldn’t be this hard to find a chicken and… Read more
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The (Ex)perience Of Love – Film Review | Cannes 2023
Rémy and Sandra are unable to have children because they have “Syndrome of past loves”. To heal, there is only one solution: they must go back to bed with all their exes. Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, who have previously written and directed the criminally underrated Madly in Life (La Vie Démente), once again created… Read more
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Vincent Must Die – Film Review | Cannes 2023
In Stéphan Castang‘s feature directorial debut film, we follow Vincent (Karim Leklou – The Stronghold, Pour la France), a man who keeps getting attacked for no particular reason. Overnight, he must change his entire way of living and figure out a way to survive. Vincent Must Die kicks things off with some impressive opening credits,… Read more
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Inshallah A Boy – Film Review | Cannes 2023
Jordan’s very first film ever to premiere at Festival de Cannes, Inshallah A Boy, tells the story of Nawal (Mouna Hawa – In Between, A Gaza Weekend), a thirtysomething woman, who has recently lost her husband. Now she has to fight for her part of inheritance in order to save her daughter and home in… Read more
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Theatre of Violence – Film Review | Hot Docs 2023
Can you be an executioner and a victim at the same time? This bold question is the one Theatre of Violence tries to answer outside the obvious means of an unprecedented court case, and outsiders with their own views on the matter. Ugandan Dominic Ongwen is the first former child soldier ever to be indicted… Read more
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Pure Unknown – Film Review | Hot Docs 2023
The first documentary on my schedule for this year’s Canadian International Documentary Festival, is Italy’s Sconosciuti’s Puri, or Pure Unknown. Directors Valentina Cicogna and Mattia Colombo follow Dr. Cristina Cattaneo as she pleads for the rights of the nameless dead. Every day, numerous unidentified bodies, classified as “pure unknowns” find their way into the autopsy… Read more
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Summoning Sylvia – Film Review
Summoning Sylvia tells the tale of Larry (Travis Coles – Superstore, Torchwood), who has been kidnapped by his three best friends for a bachelor weekend getaway at a haunted house. As they sashay through the dusty corridors, the comrades recount the house’s legend from a hundred years ago: a murderous woman named Sylvia (Veanne Cox… Read more
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