Margaux Hartmann and The Lodger are both films about middle-aged grieving widows: one who gets a new lease on life, and one who's stuck in the …
[Read more...] about Middle-aged women take centre stage at Cinefranco 2021
Genre Films
Explore films that leverage — and problematize — the definitions of a given genre, from horror films to the Western.
TIFF Review: Huda’s Salon is a gripping thriller set in Occupied Palestine
Hany Abu-Assad directs Huda's Salon, a thriller that posits: “It’s easier to occupy a society that is already repressing itself.” Click here to find all of …
[Read more...] about TIFF Review: Huda’s Salon is a gripping thriller set in Occupied Palestine
TIFF Review: DASHCAM is a wild, gory ride
Host director Rob Savage returns with DASHCAM, a new pandemic horror film, featuring a main character as evil as the creatures attacking her. Click here to …
[Read more...] about TIFF Review: DASHCAM is a wild, gory ride
Good Madam review: A haunted house in post-Apartheid South Africa
In Jenna Cato Bass's horror film, a Black family's domestic servitude to a white family is the stuff of nightmares. Click here to find all of our TIFF 2021 …
[Read more...] about Good Madam review: A haunted house in post-Apartheid South Africa
Review: Maxine Peake shines in Fanny Lye Deliver’d (The Delivered)
Maxine Peake leads Thomas Clay's refreshing genre film, Fanny Lye Deliver'd (The Delivered in the US), about a woman's emancipation. We named Fanny Lye …
[Read more...] about Review: Maxine Peake shines in Fanny Lye Deliver’d (The Delivered)
Found footage gets a showcase at the Unnamed Footage Film Festival
This year's Unnamed Footage Film Festival was a 24-hour livestream that illuminated the best and worst traits of the found footage genre. At 6am GMT, …
[Read more...] about Found footage gets a showcase at the Unnamed Footage Film Festival