Festivals

Movie Review (Venice Film Festival 2023): ‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’ Lacks Any Real Depth

Director: Ariane Louis-SeizeWriters: Christine Doyon and Ariane Louis-SeizeStars: Sara Montpetit, Noémie O’Farrell, Félix-Antoine Bénard Synopsis: Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents...

TIFF 2023: Films To Watch Out For

Following the Venice Film Festival, filmgoers and critics will be going to Toronto for the 48th Toronto International Film Festival. For North America, some of the films which are showing in Venice...

Preview of the 80th Biennale Di Venezia

As summer turns to autumn, a major batch of films is coming out, and Oscar season is starting to shift gears. The next of the big world film festivals, however, is overshadowed...

Movie Review (Locarno 2023): ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Toys with Legal Tropes

Director: Justine TrietWriters: Arthur Harari and Justine TrietStars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner Synopsis: A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral...

Movie Review (Locarno 2023): ‘Bitten (La Morsure)’ Gets Lost in Genre Crossings

Director: Romain de Saint-BlanquatWriters: Romain de Saint-BlanquatStars: Fred Blin, Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Lilith Grasmug Synopsis: A Catholic schoolgirl is convinced tonight is her last night on Earth and decides to attend a...

Movie Review (Tribeca Film Festival 2023): ‘Afire’ Holds the Audience in a Trance

Director: Christian PetzoldWriters: Christian PetzoldStars: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Enno Trebs Synopsis: A group of friends in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around...

Movie Review (Tribeca Film Festival 2023): ‘Final Cut’ is Not Enough of A Separation From the Original

Director: Michel HazanaviciousWriters: Michel Hazanavicious, Shin'ichirô Ueda, and Ryoichi WadaStars: Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois Synopsis: Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they...

Movie Review (Cannes Film Festival 2023): ‘A Song Sung Blue’ is Beautiful and Unoriginal

Director: Zihan Geng Writer: Liu Yining Stars: Huang Ziqi, Zhou Meijun, Liang Long, Liang Jing Synopsis: Fifteen year-old Xian goes to live with her father while her mother, a doctor, takes a job in...

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