★★★★ Have you ever felt unlucky in love, so much so that there might actually be something wrong with you? Writer/director Sasha Collington’s brilliant new comedy presents the idea that a gene may be responsible for all your romantic troubles. Love Type D follows Frankie (Maeve Dermody), dumped for the 11th time—this time, it was … Continue reading SIFF 2021: Love Type D
SIFF 2021: Mogul Mowgli
★★★ Co-written by Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed, the inspirational new drama Mogul Mowgli sees the seasoned actor once again stepping in the shoes of a disabled musician. Zed (Ahmed) is on the cusp of a hard-earned world tour when an illness cripples his mobility. Zed is forced to move back in with his family, embrace … Continue reading SIFF 2021: Mogul Mowgli
SFFILM 2021: Strawberry Mansion
★★★ Strawberry Mansion is a trippy and bizarre film about a dream auditor (Kentucker Audley) sent to audit an old woman’s dreams that’s filled with muchness to the point of explosion. It tries to cram in so many ideas that it becomes overwhelming. Bizarre, poetic dialogue adds only a thin layer of understanding to the … Continue reading SFFILM 2021: Strawberry Mansion
SIFF 2021: Too Late
★★ Too Late is a horror comedy that fails to find the perfect balance of the two genres. A reliance on stale stand-up comedy acts to drive the story along is a bit lazy. For some reason, the constant ‘several weeks later’ passages of time and stand-up routines add the feel of vignettes. Occasionally, one … Continue reading SIFF 2021: Too Late
SIFF 2021: Wyrm
★★★ In the first five minutes of Wyrm, the quirky new comedy from writer/director Christopher Winterbauer, our shy lead Wyrm (Theo Taplitz) gets told by a friend that his sister just got fingered yesterday—“thought you should know!” This early zinger sets the tone for a film that instantly reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite and Gentlemen … Continue reading SIFF 2021: Wyrm