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 staunch …
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Genre Films
Explore films that leverage — and problematize — the definitions of a given genre, from horror films to the Western.
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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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 years, …
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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 provocation, …
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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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