Tarsem Singh’s TIFF Platform Award Winner Is A Shattering Real-Life Tragedy [TIFF]

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Tarsem Singh’s TIFF Platform Award Winner Is A Shattering Real-Life Tragedy [TIFF]

Director Tarsem Singh Dhandwar ominously warned audiences at the world premiere of his Punjabi-language debut that it was a much more serious affair than they might be expecting. After all, the Romeo and Juliet framing in the festival notes and…

‘The Creator’ Review — Gareth Edwards Takes a Sci-Fi Stand for AI

Is artificial intelligence really our enemy or is our fear of it the real problem? That is one of the moral dilemmas that The Creator attempts to address as it unpacks the very real and present threat of AI, through…

TIFF 2023: THE CRITIC Delivers A Thriller That Falls Short Of Being Great

The Critic is an incredible drama in 1930s Britain about a closeted theatre critic, played by the amazing Sir Ian McKellan. The period film shows the cutthroat nature of the entertainment industry at the time, and how trying to survive…

Uýra – The Rising Forest Featured, Reviews Film Threat

NOW ON PBS! I’ve seen my fair share of documentaries. Though some dare to find the relationship between two distinct issues, Juliana Curi brings together several issues in Uýra – The Rising Forest. The film opens with a haunting yet beautiful…

Cord Jefferson Delivers A Funny & Insightful Feature Debut [TIFF]

TORONTO – “American Fiction,” the directorial debut from Cord Jefferson, is genuinely a very, very funny movie. And that’s hyperbole on our part. It’s also a perceptive look at how the mainstream media only has room for a select number…

The Uncle (Stric) Featured, Reviews Film Threat

FANTASTIC FEST 2023 REVIEW! The one thing I love about foreign films is they can tell stories that could never be told under the progressive Hollywood system. Croatian co-writer/co-directors David Kapac and Andrija Mardesic tell a story of a family…

JAANE JAAN Is Sujoy Ghosh Returning To His Atmospheric Thriller Era

Jaane Jaan, or Suspect X as it’s known in other parts of the world, is a great new thriller starring Kareena Kapoor Khan. Director Sujoy Ghosh goes back to the thriller genre in a movie that’s an official adaptation of…

Lee Featured, Reviews Film Threat

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! In director Ellen Kuras’ Lee, Kate Winslet stars as Lee Miller, the real-life model who became a celebrated photographer and war correspondent for Vogue during World War II. Alexander Skarsgård puts on an English accent as her husband…

Director Ethan Hawke’s Portrait Of Writer Flannery O’Connor Blurs Her Truths & Fictions [TIFF]

You could cinematically memorialize the life and works of Southern writer Flannery O’Connor in two ways, either by making a biographical drama or by adapting her work to the screen. Actor Ethan Hawke, however, directing a dramatic feature film for…

‘Crumb Catcher’ Review — An Uncomfortable Home Invasion Thriller

There is almost nothing worse than an unwelcome guest who overstays their welcome. Crumb Catcher manages to take the discomfort of such an occasion and make it a hundred times worse. All writer-director Chris Skotchdopole had to do was take…

Pet Shop Days Review: A Misfiring Coming-of-Age Tale

Brent Simon brings us another piece of content straight out of Venice Film Festival as he brings us this Pet Shop Days review. For folks who haven’t committed to exploring the era themselves, or those even perhaps too young to…

Family Portrait Featured, Reviews Film Threat

LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Photographs etch the best occasions as visual memories – gatherings, events, or just crazy moments of laughter and joy. For what it’s worth, pictures like these, especially family photographs, are proof of familial bonds and…

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