Awards

Movie Review (TIFF 2025): ‘Mile End Kicks’ Is An Ode To the Art That Changes Us

Director: Chandler LevackWriter: Chandler LevackStars: Barbie Ferriera, Jay Baruchel, Devon Bostick Synopsis: A 23-year-old music critic gets romantically involved with members of an indie band she decides to publicize, set against Montreal's indie music...

Movie Review (TIFF 2025): ‘Charlie Harper’ Takes The Easy Way Out Of Heartache

Directors: Tom Dean, Mike EldridgeWriter: Tom DeanStars: Emilia Jones, Nick Robinson Synopsis: The journey of a young woman, Harper, and a young man, Charlie, as they meet, leave their respective homes, and attempt to...

Chasing The Gold: Best Adapted Screenplay: Can Rian Johnson Do It Again?

Wake Up Dead Man, the third “Knives Out Mystery” in the Benoit Blanc saga, will be premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, and while the previous two films of this now...

Classic Film Review (Locarno 2025): ‘Daughter of Darkness’ Shows The Gothic Pulse of a Forgotten Director

Director: Lance ComfortWriter: Max CattoStars: Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Siobhán McKenna Synopsis: Emily, a pretty young Irish girl, gets a job on an English farm where the men take to her while...

Movie Review (Locarno 2025): ‘Dry Leaf’ Weaves a Spell of Loss and Remembrance

Director: Alexandre KoberidzeWriter: Alexandre KoberidzeStars: David Koberidze, Otar Nijaradze Synopsis: A father searches for his daughter Lisa, a sports photographer who disappeared while documenting rural soccer fields across Georgia, joined by her...

Movie Review (Locarno 2025): Radu Jude’s ‘Dracula’ Sinks Its Teeth Into AI and Capitalist Vampirism

Director: Radu JudeWriter: Radu JudeStars: Adonis Tanța, Gabriel Spahiu, Oana Mardare, Ilinca Manolache Synopsis: In modern-day Transylvania, vampire hunts and labor strikes collide with sci-fi twists, romance, and AI-crafted tales, as multiple storylines...

Movie Review (Locarno 2025): ‘Mare’s Nest’ Uses Words as Lifelines in a Crumbling World

Director: Ben RiversWriter: Ben RiversStars: Moon Guo Barker Synopsis: Moon journeys through a world without adults, encountering a sage and translator in a mountain hut. She meets various people who share performances, films,...

Movie Review (Locarno Film Festival 2025): The Past Refuses to Stay Buried in Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’

Director: Jafar PanahiWriter: Jafar PanahiStars: Vahid Mobassari, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi Synopsis: A small mishap triggers a chain reaction of ever-growing problems. Jafar Panahi is a punk filmmaker, not in the stylistic or aesthetic...

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