Scarborough, 2021. Directed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson. Starring Liam Diaz, Essence Fox, Anna Claire Beitel, Felix Jedi Ingram Isaac, Ellie Posadas, Cherish Violet Blood, Conor Casey, and Aliya Kanani. SYNOPSIS: Three children become friends while living in a low-income neighborhood. Filmmakers Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson adapt Catherine Hernandez’s acclaimed 2017 novel Scarborough to […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Devil’s Drivers
The Devil’s Drivers, 2021. Written and directed by Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty. SYNOPSIS: Chased by the army, two Beduin smuggle Palestinian workers through the Negev desert. A portrait filmed over eight years about men living on the edge in one the most fragile regions of the world. Mohammed Abugeth and Daniel Carsenty’s upsetting, infuriating […]
Movie Review – Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
Prisoners of the Ghostland, 2021. Directed by Sion Sono. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Bill Moseley, Nick Cassavetes, Tak Sakaguchi, Yuzuka Nakaya, Young Dais, Lorena Kotô, Canon Nawata, Charles Glover, Cici Zhou, Louis Kurihara, Tetsu Watanabe, Takato Yonemoto, Shin Shimizu, Matthew Chozick, Ilsa, and Yurino. SYNOPSIS: A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Jagged
Jagged, 2021. Directed by Alison Klayman. Starring Alanis Morissette. SYNOPSIS: A documentary centered on the life and work of Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The second entry into HBO and Bill Simmons’ Music Box series – following the riveting Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage – offers up a breezy-yet-substantial exploration of Alanis Morissette’s formative years […]
Movie Review – Claw (2021)
Claw, 2021. Directed by Gerald Rascionato. Starring Chynna Walker, Richard Rennie, Mel Mede, and Ken Mertz. SYNOPSIS: Two friends get trapped inside a remote desert ghost town with a deadly velociraptor on the loose. As if the prospect of another impending Jurassic World movie, in which a billionaire (probably) opens another park with more […]
Movie Review – The Mad Women’s Ball (2021)
The Mad Women’s Ball, 2021. Directed by Mélanie Laurent. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Lou de Laâge, Emmanuelle Bercot, Benjamin Voisin, Lauréna Thellier, Grégoire Bonnet, Cyril Kuhnholtz, Martine Chevallier, Vincent Nemeth, Cédric Kahn, André Marcon, Lomane de Dietrich, Christophe Montenez, Coralie Russier, Valérie Stroh, Valentine Cadic, Alice Barnole, Martine Schambacher, and Morgan Perez. SYNOPSIS: A woman who […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Wheel
The Wheel, 2021. Directed by Steve Pink. Starring Amber Midthunder, Taylor Gray, Bethany Anne Lind, and Nelson Lee. SYNOPSIS: Walker and Albee were thrown together in a children’s group home and quickly became inseparable. When they married at the tender age of 16, Albee was rescued from her rough foster family. It’s now eight years […]
Movie Review – Terrified (2017)
Terrified, 2017. Directed by Demian Rugna. Starring Agustín Rittano, Elvira Onetto, George Lewis, Julieta Vallina, and Maxi Ghione. SYNOPSIS: A husband returns home to find his wife terrified to enter the bathroom because there are voices coming from the pipes. Voices promising to kill her. As she turns into a bloody human pinball, their entire […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Middle Man
The Middle Man, 2021. Written and directed by Bent Hamer. Starring Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Nina Andresen Borud, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland, Nicolas Bro, Kenneth Welsh, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Aksel Hennie, and Sheila McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: Frank Farrelli takes on the job of a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Becoming Cousteau
Becoming Cousteau, 2021. Directed by Liz Garbus. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life, passions, achievements, and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage. Veteran filmmaker Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?) knows the merits of a documentary that skirts glossy presentational tricks and simply gets […]
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