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Film Reviews

Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.

Ray & Liz, Richard Billingham, Justin Salinger

Elena Lazic / October 18, 2018

Review: the sober recollections of Richard Billingham’s Ray & Liz

The first feature from photographer Richard Billingham is a moving yet unsentimental portrait of a life in fragments, as empathetic as it is brutal. …

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Elena Lazic / October 6, 2018

Four films from Fantasia Fest 2018

Four short reviews from Fantasia Fest, the biggest genre film festival in North America. …

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Madeline Brewer, Daniel Goldhaber, Isa Mazzei, Cam

Elena Lazic / September 7, 2018

Cam is an intelligent and positive look at sex work

In Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei's horror film Cam — which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal — the villain isn't sex work, but a camgirl's …

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Fantasia Film Festival

Elena Lazic / July 13, 2018

What to see at Fantasia Fest 2018

Montreal is currently hosting Fantasia, the largest and longest running genre cinema festival in North America. Elena Lazic highlights some films to keep an eye …

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First Stripes

Brett Pardy / June 30, 2018

Review: First Stripes depicts masculinity in training

First Stripes reveals how training designed to equalize recruits ends up reproducing a conservative set of norms. …

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Supa Modo

Elena Lazic / June 20, 2018

Review: Supa Modo is the superhero we need

Premiering in the Generation section at the Berlinale, the Kenyan film Supa Modo from Likarion Wainaina was one of the very best at the festival, and deserves …

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Seventh Row Editors / June 3, 2018

This is the best time to become a 7R member

With our weeklong 50% off membership offer, now is the best time to gain access to all of 7R's exciting member exclusives. …

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The Tale, Jennifer Fox, Laura Dern

Alex Heeney / May 26, 2018

The Tale: Comfortable stories mask uncomfortable truths

In The Tale, the semi-autobiographical narrative debut from Jennifer Fox, the character Jennifer’s process of sifting through and revisiting past memories is …

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Under the Silver Lake, David Robert Mitchell

Elena Lazic / May 23, 2018

David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake — Tit Follows

David Robert Mitchell might think his Under the Silver Lake is a critique of misogynistic, pop culture obsessed men — but he ends up validating their worldview. …

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Journey's End, Saul Dibb

Alex Heeney / April 15, 2018

Journey’s End is a thoughtful, modern screen adaptation

Saul Dibb’s adaptation of the acclaimed play sees the source material through a modern lens and makes use of the intimacy unique to the cinematic form. …

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