Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson’s Summer White is a haunting story about a toxic mother-son relationship that gets interrupted by her new beau.
Essays
Sundance ’20 review: Surge
The sound design in Surge submerges us in a fractured mind, but that doesn’t save the film from feelings like Ben Whishaw’s discarded Joker audition tape.
Sundance ’20 Review: Cuties (Mignonnes)
Maïmouna Doucouré’s Cuties is an often compelling crowd-pleaser, if somewhat under-baked, which looks at how girls end up becoming over-sexualized at a young age.
From funny shit to midnight madness: The best shorts of LSFF 2020
Orla Smith picks eight great film from the 2020 London Short Film Festival (LSFF), one of the funnest film festivals in the UK.
Review: What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is a good introduction to the legendary film critic, but ignores much of the context and legacy of her work.
Seventh Row picks the best films of 2019
Eschewing consensus picks, Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney and Executive Editor Orla Smith choose the best films of 2019, spotlighting films directed by women, Canadians, and queer filmmakers.