‘The End We Start From’ Review — Jodie Comer Is Sensational
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.The apocalypse is kind of boring. It wasn't always that way as…
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‘Fingernails’ Review — Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed Test Love
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.Director Christos Nikou got his start as a second assistant director for…
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Love at First Sight Review: A Heartfelt Romance Soars with Stellar Performances
Love at First Sight is a romantic film directed by Vanessa Caswill that follows the story of Hadley and Oliver, two strangers who experience a chance encounter on a flight from New York to London. This unexpected meeting sets the…
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One Life Featured, Reviews Film Threat
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! One Life, directed by James Hawes and written by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, is based on the true story of Nicholas Winton. He was a British stockbroker who saved hundreds of children from death…
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Agnieszka Holland Won’t Let You Turn A Blind Eye To Suffering In Devastating Refugee Drama [TIFF]
A family of Syrian refugees and an English teacher from Afghanistan receive about five minutes of joy in veteran Polish auteur Agnieszka Holland’s otherwise grim and harrowing refugee drama, “Green Border.” As they land in a plane to Belarus, hoping…
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‘When Evil Lurks’ Review – A Gleefully Mean-Spirited Horror Ride
There are several moments throughout Demián Rugna’s horror film When Evil Lurks where you feel the violence is coming even before it does. In one particular scene, the way it keeps cutting back to something seemingly inane outside of most…
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‘His Three Daughters’ Review — A Trifecta of Tremendous Performances
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.Late into His Three Daughters, the tremendous new film from French Exit…
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Child-Bearers Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Child-Bearers is a dystopian short film from director-writer Sasha Nelson. Ruthie (Fox Varian) is a teen living in a warped future version of the United States. Science and critical thinking have gone out the window in favor of conspiracy theory and…
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TIFF 2023: IN FLAMES Is A Gripping Tale About Surviving Emotional Trauma
There’s been many movies and shows recently dealing with trauma and grief. But director Zarrar Kahn’s In Flames portrays those concepts in a way that is visually stunning and emotionally heart-wrenching. While I won’t spoil anything in this In Flames…
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‘The Movie Teller’ Review – Lone Scherfig’s Artful Adaptation
The Movie Teller is not a love letter to cinema like the movies about movies that precede it—it is a love letter to the community that grows from the seeds of storytelling. Based on Chilean author Hernán Rivera Letelier’s novel…
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Michael Keaton Directs Himself In A Slickly Somber Neo-Noir [TIFF]
Michael Keaton has been acting in movies long enough to know that if you’re making one, as he does for the second time with the proficient neo-noir “Knox Goes Away,” your opening shot needs to say something. His says it…
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Camp Hideout Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Due to the presence of Christopher Lloyd, director Sean Olson’s Camp Hideout will bring to mind Camp Nowhere for several audience members. Written by Kat Olson, C. Neil Davenport, and Dave DeBorde, the film also contains shades of Home Alone…
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