Surreal dramedy The Life of Chuck ponders life and death | TIFF 2024
TIFF 2024 | The Life of Chuck follows an enigmatic man starting as a surrealist meditation on existential dread and ending as a life-affirming portrait of youth. The Life of Chuck is a dramedy that ponders existential dread through surreal comedy (and a dance number!). A philosophical pondering of the moments that add up to…
Diabolically fun horror Heretic will make you believe | TIFF 2024
A pair of young Mormon missionaries find themselves at the center of a sinister plot when they knock on the wrong door in Heretic.
Anora gives Mikey Madison her star-is-born moment | Cannes review
When escort Anora meets the son of a Russian oligarch it seems like a too-good-to-be-true Cinderella story—and it is.
Strange Darling, a thriller to die for | movie review
While it begins as a cat-and-mouse thriller, Strange Darling evolves (and genre-bends) into a psychological quasi-horror that keeps you guessing. Strange Darling is frenetic maximalist romp that murders your expectations at every turn. With its saturated cinematography bringing a mad technicolor world to life and crisp near-deafening sound underlined by Craig DeLeon's discordant bass guitar score…
Natalie Portman and Julianne spar in high camp melodrama ‘May December’ | review and analysis
May December follows an actress (Natalie Portman) as she prepares to play a notorious tabloid figure (Julianne Moore) by shadowing her dredging up old wounds
Evil Does Not Exist: An eco-thriller with hidden horrors | review and analysis
A small town tucked in the mountains of Japan has to decide whether or not to allow a company to build a new luxury campsite in Evil Does Not Exist
Foe is its own worst enemy | review
NYFF 2023 | Foe follows the fallout after a young couple receives news that one of them will be sent to space with a clone to keep the other company The collective star power of Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal isn't enough to save this sweaty (both literally and figuratively) lo-fi sci-fi…
Best Movies of 2023
From Beyoncé and Bernstein to Godzilla and Frankenstein, here are the best movies of 2023 that made us, as Nicole Kidman said, laugh, cry and care.
‘Perfect Days’ is day-in-the-life bliss | review
A Tokyo toilet cleaner enjoys his routine-driven simple life. But unexpected detours force him to face what is simple and what is safe.
Found family drama Crossing is one of the year’s best | movie review
Crossing follows a retired schoolteacher who enlists the help of a young 20-something to find her trans niece who disappeared years ago.