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by 09/09/2019

Toronto 2019: Color Out of Space review

★★★☆☆ An adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story The Colour Out of Space, filmmaker Richard Stanley’s latest is a richlyContinue Reading

by 08/09/2019

Guest Posts

From the big screen to slot machine

Watching movies and playing games are the favourite pastimes of many people and if you marry the two together youContinue Reading

by 08/09/2019

John Bleasdale Venice

Venice 2019: Joker has last laugh with Golden Lion win

In what has to be one of the crazier award ceremonies to grace the Venice Lido on its 76th edition,Continue Reading

by 08/09/2019

John Bleasdale Venice

Venice 2019: Saturday Fiction review

★★★★☆ Suzhou River director Lou Ye’s wartime espionage thriller Saturday Fiction starts as a mysterious murky mess and resolves itselfContinue Reading

by 08/09/2019

Christopher Machell Toronto

Toronto 2019: Blow the Man Down review

★★★★★ Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy’s debut feature is a haunting tale of buried secrets, sea shanties and fracturingContinue Reading

by 08/09/2019

Christopher Machell Toronto

Toronto 2019: 143 Sahara Street review

★★★★☆ With 143 Sahara Street, documentarian Hassen Ferhani takes us to one of the most unlikely places one might expect toContinue Reading

by 06/09/2019

Christopher Machell Toronto

Toronto 2019: Love Me Tender review

★★★☆☆ Tackling issues of mental health and trauma, Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke’s second feature is a strange, charming and occasionallyContinue Reading

by 06/09/2019

John Bleasdale Venice

Venice 2019: The Domain review

★★★★☆ Tiago Guedes’ latest The Domain dissects a wealthy Portuguese family in the second half of the 20th century as a libertarianContinue Reading

by 06/09/2019

Christopher Machell Toronto

Toronto 2019: Maria’s Paradise review

★★★☆☆ Zaida Bergroth’s fifth feature is based on the real-life exploits of Maria Åkerblom’s Finnish cult. Although its analysis ofContinue Reading

by 05/09/2019

Joseph Walsh Venice

Venice 2019: Babyteeth review

★★★☆☆ Shannon Murphy makes her feature debut with Babyteeth, a tragicomedy about a teenager faced with terminal cancer. Teens dyingContinue Reading

by 05/09/2019

Christopher Machell Toronto

Toronto 2019: The Lost Okoroshi review

★★★★☆ Following his 2016 debut Green White Green, Nigerian director Abba Makama returns to the festival circuit with this exploration of heritage,Continue Reading

by 04/09/2019

John Bleasdale Venice

Venice 2019: The Painted Bird review

★★★★☆ Premiering in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Václav Marhoul’s adaptation of Jerzy Kosińsk’s 1965 novel The PaintedContinue Reading

by 04/09/2019

Christopher Machell Toronto

Toronto 2019: #ShareHerJourney, folk memory and belief

As the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) gears up for its 44th year, festival programmers continue to #shareherjourney withContinue Reading