The Survivor, 2021.Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Ben Foster, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Danny DeVito, Dar Zuzovsky, and Saro Emirze.SYNOPSIS:Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Zalava
Zalava, 2021.Co-written and directed by Arsalan Amiri. Starring Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Baset Rezaei, Fereydoun Hamedi, and Shaho Rostami.SYNOPSIS:Investigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.Exorcism movies are a dime-a-dozen, and so this new riff from Arsalan Amiri (Villa […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Charlotte
Charlotte, 2021.Directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana. Starring Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Strong.SYNOPSIS:An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943.Tacky thought it might seem to decry the well-trod storytelling and aesthetic […]
DASHCAM: The Future of Horror is Here! | TIFF 2021 Video Review
EJ Moreno with a video review of Rob Savage’s DASHCAM…Toronto International Film Festival premiered one of the year’s most interesting horror films with DASHCAM. Director Rob Savage returns after his breakout hit, 2020’s Host, with a new found-footage romp from Blumhouse.Critic EJ Moreno breaks down why this is one of his favorite films of TIFF […]
Movie Review – Mandibles (2021)
Mandibles, 2021.Written and Directed by Quentin Dupieux. Starring Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Adèle Exarchopoulos, India Hair, Bruno Lochet, Coralie Russier, Roméo Elvis, Raphaël Quenard, Philippe Dusseau, Jean-Paul Solal, and Jézabel Marques.SYNOPSIS:Two simple-minded friends discover a giant fly in the trunk of a car and decide to domesticate it to earn money with it.Mandibles is an […]
Marvel’s What If…? – Episode 6 Review
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Marvel’s What If…?By combining elements of Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther and Iron Man amongst others, episode six offers up some serious food for MCU thought, turning heroes into villains, villains into world powers and bringing female empowerment centre stage. Featuring voice work from Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – You Are Not My Mother
You Are Not My Mother, 2021.Written and directed by Kate Dolan. Starring Hazel Doupe, Paul Reid, Carolyn Bracken, and Ingrid Craige.SYNOPSIS:In a North Dublin housing estate, Char’s mother goes missing. When she returns, Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.Writer-director Kate Dolan announces herself […]
Movie Review – Lady of the Manor (2021)
Lady of the Manor, 2021.Written and Directed by Justin Long and Christian Long. Starring Melanie Lynskey, Judy Greer, Justin Long, Luis Guzmán, Ryan Phillippe, Angela Alise, Nick Morgulis, Patrick Duffy, Cassidy Reyes, Wallace Jean, Lindsay Lamb, Andi Matheny, and Alex Klein.SYNOPSIS:An aimless ne’er-do-well becomes a tour guide in a historic estate and winds up befriending […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Mad Women’s Ball
The Mad Women’s Ball, 2021.Co-written and directed by Mélanie Laurent. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Lou de Laâge, Emmanuelle Bercot, Benjamin Voisin, Cédric Khan, and Grégoire Bonnet.SYNOPSIS:A woman who is unfairly institutionalised in a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel “Le bal des folles” by Victoria […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Burning
Burning, 2021.Directed by Eva Orner.SYNOPSIS:Follows the deadly Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as the “Black Summer.” Burning is an exploration of what happened as told from the perspective of victims of the fires, activists, and scientists.One of the year’s most unnerving horror films hasn’t got a single ghost or masked killer in sight. Eva Orner’s […]
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