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Genre Films

Explore films that leverage — and problematize — the definitions of a given genre, from horror films to the Western.

Alex Heeney / April 6, 2021

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 …

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A collage of various films that played at the Unnamed Footage Film Festival, with the festival's logo plastered over them.

Orla Smith / April 3, 2021

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, …

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A collage of stills from Final Girls Berlin 2021 films. The text on the image reads 'Final Girls Berlin Film Fest'.

Lindsay Pugh / February 23, 2021

Highlights from the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021

Lindsay Pugh runs down the best of Final Girls Berlin 2021, from Your Monster to Time of Moulting to The Returned. While I wouldn’t exactly call myself a …

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A closeup of Shabab Hosseini in The Night, looking horrified. The still features text which reads, 'Review'.

B. P. Flanagan / January 26, 2021

The Night Review: A low-budget chiller starring Shahab Hosseini

Kourosh Ahari’s The Night, a rare American-Iranian co-production, is a disappointedly cliched horror offering. The Night will be released virtually in the US …

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The text 'Indie Memphis 2020' accompanied by images from the four films that will be discussed in this article.

Orla Smith / November 10, 2020

Indie Memphis 2020: From Cane Fire to Smooth Talk

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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Chloë Grace Moretz in flight officer uniform, carrying a briefcase, in Shadow in the Cloud.

Orla Smith / September 25, 2020

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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