A place to think deeply about movies
Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.
Alex Heeney reviews Malou Reymann's feature film debut, Unruly, which had its world premiere at TIFF 22. Set in 1930s Denmark, mostly on Sprøgo island, which …
[Read more...] about Unruly Film Review: women battle patriarchy and eugenics in 1930s Denmark
Alex Heeney reviews writer-director Gunnar Vikene’s film War Sailor, which is the best kind of war movie: a character drama that happens amidst war, focusing …
Our annual feature on the best must-see shorts at TIFF 2022 highlights films from around the world and across forms, including Bigger on the Inside and The …
Alex Heeney reviews Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka's film Stonewalling. China's two-child policy casts a long shadow on twenty-year-old Lynn who finds herself with …
[Read more...] about Stonewalling Film Review: Surviving an unwanted pregnancy
In his second feature film, Full Time, writer-director Éric Gravel transforms a week in the life of a working mother into a heart-pounding thriller that puts us …
[Read more...] about Full Time: a heart-pounding thriller from Éric Gravel
Japanese writer-director Daigo Matsui’s Just Remembering is a romance told in reverse order that not only acknowledges COVID but incorporates some sense of how …
[Read more...] about Fantasia Review: Just Remembering tells a romance in reverse
