In Pain and Glory, Almodovar brings together fiction and biography to create a knotty self-portrait.The cinema of Almodóvar has always been a melange of …
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TIFF19 review: Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi explores modern African identity.
With lurid color, wild plot turns, and a thumping, party-ready soundtrack, Abba Makama's The Lost Okoroshi weaves a compelling narrative around what could be a …
TIFF19 review: White Lie is a chilling, meticulous study of duplicity
Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis direct the hell out of a dicey premise in White Lie, one of the best acquisition titles screening at TIFF19. Read B.P. Flanagan's …
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TIFF19 review: Hind Meddeb’s documentary Paris Stalingrad captures a particular political moment
Hind Meddeb's Paris Stalingrad questions the spectacle of authoritarian xenophobia. Establishing shots evoking News From Home locate us in Paris’ refugee …
‘Connection to landscapes’: William McGregor on folk horror and Gwen
B. P. Flanagan interviews Gwen director William McGregor about making a gothic horror film in the foggy atmosphere of Northwest Wales. …
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Cinephilia takes over at Il Cinema Ritrovato
B. P. Flanagan recounts his experience attending the 2019 Il Cinema Ritrovato, the world’s premiere festival for restored and rediscovered cinema, located in …
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