2024's Fantastic Fest has arrived, and, if you'll forgive the pun, it was rather fantastic! Josh and Allison saw a swath of interesting films—don't miss the full festival coverage just after the jump. Films APARTMENT 7A Full review at the link. BOOKWORM Ant Timpson, producer of such zany genre mashups as Housebound, Turbo Kid, and … Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2024 Wrap-Up
TIFF 2024 Wrap-Up
2024's Toronto International Film Festival has finally arrived, with this iteration of the fest doing away with a virtual component entirely. Alas, it would appear that we are fully out of the pandemic era, and primely back in the natural swing of things. Still, Josh and Allison (especially Allison) managed to catch a bunch of … Continue reading TIFF 2024 Wrap-Up
TIFF 2024: The Paradise of Thorns
★★★★★ Just mere months ago, same-sex marriage was officially passed in Thailand. Just as with America, the specifications and outer reach of the recognition may take a long while to be properly calibrated legally speaking. How apt that The Paradise of Thorns, somehow the debut feature and subsequent masterpiece of writer/director Boss Kuno, essentially explores … Continue reading TIFF 2024: The Paradise of Thorns
TIFF 2024: Dead Talents Society
★★★★ At a certain point, J-horror’s scary ghost girls took over the genre entirely, cranking out countless terrifying flicks that go down in the horror fall of fame. Chinese import Dead Talents Society parodies J-horror and nightmarish tropes with dead tongue firmly in cheek. Embracing the fantastical, writer/director/editor John Hsu imagines a world in which … Continue reading TIFF 2024: Dead Talents Society
Interview: Actress Amrit Kaur
Putting the Toronto International Film Festival in our rearview, Allison sat down to chat over Zoom with The Queen of My Dreams actress Amrit Kaur about her cultural and cinematic influences, the complicated nature of arranged marriage, and using film to inspire conversation. In this unique film, when Azra’s mother, Mariam (Nimra Buch, Polite Society), discovers … Continue reading Interview: Actress Amrit Kaur
TIFF 2023 Wrap-Up
Similar to last year, 2023's Toronto International Film Festival was mainly an in-person affair, even further limiting access to some of the fest's biggest titles. That didn't stop us from consuming some of our favorite movies of the year! Don't miss our full coverage of this year's TIFF after the jump. Films A HAPPY DAY … Continue reading TIFF 2023 Wrap-Up
TIFF 2023: Sleep
★★★★ (Written by Allison Brown) What happens to our mind and body when we sleep is a superstitious enigma many have questioned throughout time, so much so that Billie Eilish recently used the concept as an album title. Writer/Director Jason Yu tackles this fear of the unknown, along with gender disparity in relationships, credibility of … Continue reading TIFF 2023: Sleep
TIFF 2023: Inshallah A Boy
★★★★★ (Written by Intern, Wyatt Frantz) The most provocative social narratives immerse its audience in issues that can be seen from the ground up. Through its strong characterization and grass roots focus, Inshallah a Boy wisely reveals how the muscle of patriarchal societies can take a firm hold over one's agency. That burden is rested … Continue reading TIFF 2023: Inshallah A Boy
TIFF 2023: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
★★★★ In the most uniquely-titled movie of the entire festival, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person delivers a modern coming-of-age vampiric dramedy with a subtle and elegant flair. This unique film marks the directorial debut of Ariane Louis-Seize, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christine Doyon. Together, the duo craft a genre-blending feature spilling over with … Continue reading TIFF 2023: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
TIFF 2023: After the Fire
★★★★ (Written by Allison Brown) Arriving in a burst of flames, After the Fire brings a timely story of a family affected by omnipresent police brutality from a new perspective. The cinematography starts off at its peak with the opening credits and particularly, as it come to a close. A car slowly burning throughout … Continue reading TIFF 2023: After the Fire