A Bumpy Take Off Lands With A Tearjerker [TIFF]

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A Bumpy Take Off Lands With A Tearjerker [TIFF]

TORONTO – As 2024 rounds the corner into the halfway mark for this decade, Hollywood studio-produced animated films have entered what can only be described as a period of corporate malaise. Sequels are pretty much the one and only priority…

Gripping Drama Is Necessary Viewing For Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse

Zambian Welsh writer-director Rungano Nyoni returned to the Toronto International Film Festival with her second feature, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. The gripping drama examines past trauma and abuse through a culturally rich and empathetic lens. Does trauma ever truly…

‘The Wild Robot’ Review – Lupita Nyong’o Brings Maternal, Mechanical Warmth to One of Chris Sanders’ Best Yet

Writer-director Chris Sanders is nothing if not an expert at pairing a loveable outcast with a weird, lonely animal. One of the minds behind classics like Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, Sanders has an unparalleled knack…

'How to Die Alone' Review – The Most Hilarious, Heartwarming Show of the Year

Its so delightful when Hollywood actually gives the people what they want, and its even more delightful when that coincides with giving Natasha Rothwell a standout of Insecure, The White Lotus, and, lets face it, every project shes in her…

Jacob Elordi & Daisy Edgar-Jones Can’t Spark This Queer Drama [TIFF]

TORONTO – Queer characters hiding their true selves in the 1950s and early 1960s America is becoming something of its own subgenre. There is already Todd Haynes’ acclaimed melodrama “Carol,” Tom Ford’s “A Single Man,” Bill Condon’s “Gods and Monsters,”…

Aging Evolution Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Looking for a film that will help you abstain from that heaping bowl of buttery popcorn you’ve grown accustomed to diving into when crashing on your sofa? Look no further. The fitness documentary Aging Evolution, directed by Jason Ellis, enlists…

‘Friendship’ Review – Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd Have Made the Next Great Cult Comedy

When was the last time you truly laughed throughout an entire comedy? Not just a few chuckles, but tears streaming down your face, side hurting, just absolutely losing your shit? As part of this year’s Midnight Madness program at the…

Florence Pugh & Andrew Garfield’s Romance Will Happily Break Your Heart

One of the loveliest things about watching a film like We Live in Time is watching life being lived. Director John Crowley and writer Nick Payne paint a heartwarming, often humorous, and moving picture of a couple whose love for…

‘Eden’ Review – Ron Howard Goes Dark With an Impressive Cast in This Uneven Thriller

For the last few years especially, Ron Howard seems to be fascinated by bringing true stories to the screen. Whether that comes in the form of fictionalized retelling of actual events, like Rush, In the Heart of the Sea, Thirteen…

‘The Room Next Door’ Wins Golden Lion, Nicole Kidman Win Best Actress & Brady Corbet Takes Best Director

Well, that’s a wrap on Venice. The 81st Venice Film Festival came to a close today, and the full winners of the festival were announced. Jury president Isabelle Huppert and her panel awarded the top prize, the coveted Golden Lion Award, to Pedro…

The Mother of All Lies Featured, Reviews Film Threat

In 1981, the Moroccan government cracked down on working class citizens in Casablanca protesting austerity measures and the general increase in prices of material goods like food. Led by the draconian rule of King Hassan II, government security forces killed…

‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review – Steve Coogan Takes a Penguin as a Pet in This Delightful Dramedy

Pet-human interactions are undeniably amusing, regardless of them being on or off-screen. Although having a pet can be challenging at the start, especially when they aren't trained to pee at a certain spot, it is also deeply comforting to have…

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