Indie Memphis Film Festival 2020 showcased genre films (I Blame Society, Freeland), documentaries (Cane Fire), and restorations (Smooth Talk). Over the …
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Genre Films
Explore films that leverage — and problematize — the definitions of a given genre, from horror films to the Western.
TIFF Review: Shadow in the Cloud is a film of two halves
Shadow in the Cloud is a strange Frankenstein of director Roseanne Liang’s feminist perspective and the ludicrous sensibilities of screenwriter Max Landis, who …
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TIFF Review: The shallow politics of Michel Franco’s New Order
Michel Franco's latest provocation, New Order, is a grossly tone deaf bloodbath. Keep up to date with our TIFF '20 coverage. Michel Franco’s latest …
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Mirrah Foulkes’s revisionist Judy and Punch
In Judy and Punch, Mirrah Foulkes wrangles with the legacy of a beloved British cultural institution, offering a revisionist, feminist take on the origins of …
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Modern westerns: Andrew Haigh and Kelly Reichardt are deromanticizing the west
Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete shares DNA with Kelly Reichardt's westerns (e.g. Wendy and Lucy): both filmmakers are making modern westerns that deromanticize …
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Katharine Isabelle in American Mary (Great horror performances #5)
Rosie McCaffrey discusses why Katharine Isabelle's performance in American Mary is one of her favourites by an actress in a horror film. Explore our coverage of …
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