Publications

Matt Minton

September 12, 2024

*TIFF 24* ‘Nightbitch’ Review: A Feral Take on Motherhood

Ever since The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival, Marielle Heller has continued her career by making...

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Paul Rai

September 12, 2024

Jeremy Saulnier's 'Rebel Ridge' is an Exceptional Thriller

De-escalation is the prevailing theme surrounding Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge (2024), which is a form of inversion to most of Saulnier’s wo...

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Interviews

September 11, 2024

*TIFF24* How Milad Tangshir and Ibrahima Sambou Approached Remaking ‘Bicycle Thieves’

Discussing 'Anywhere Anytime' At first glance, director Milad Tangshir’s feature directorial debut Anywhere Anytime has much in common wit...

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Lists

September 10, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

The 10 Best Chess Scenes in Films

There seems to be an inherent fascination with chess in cinema. Films from a wide range of genres and countries use the game as an allegory, ...

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Matt Minton

September 10, 2024

*TIFF 24* ‘Paying For It’ Review: Graphic Novel Adaptation Puts Relationships into the Spotlight

While many adaptations of graphic novels and comic books often rely on colorful animation, zany characters, and strong stylistic choices to b...

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Matt Minton

September 9, 2024

*TIFF 24* 'Sad Jokes' Review: Absurdly Dramatic Sketches of Everyday Life

The dramatic and the absurd often go hand-in-hand — often when we least expect it. Case in point: Fabian Stumm’s second German feature Sad Jo...

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News

September 8, 2024

Brady Corbet's The Brutalist Acquired by A24

A24 is crashing the Oscar race this Fall by acquiring the U.S. distribution rights for Brady Corbet’s American epic, The Brutalist (2024). Th...

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Paul Rai

September 6, 2024

Review: 'The Deliverance' Falls Short of Being Dramatic and Horrifying

Elements of horror run rampant in most of Lee Daniels's films, whether it's the ferocious nature of Mo’Nique as an abusive mother in Precious...

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Adam Patla

September 6, 2024

'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Review: Tim Burton Resurrects a Thirty-Six-Year-Old Character with a Lively Legacy Sequel

We are in the Age of the Legacy Sequel. This summer alone we saw Twisters (2024) and Alien: Romulus (2024). The nostalgia-soaked trend can be...

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Essays

September 5, 2024

Horror in 2024: The Devil is Inside Me and I Don’t Want It There

The horror genre kicked 2024 off with an anomaly: two films, made by two completely different studios, with similar premises, released mere w...

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Lists

September 4, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

Our Top Twelve Most Anticipated Films From TIFF

We’re now headlong into festival season, and buzz has already started to grow out of Venice, Telluride, and more. This week, another massive ...

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Lists

September 4, 2024 · by Kam Ryan

 5 Female-Directed Films to Catch This Fall

The fall film festival season is in full swing! Audiences are being bombarded with critic reviews, press tours, red carpet photos, and letter...

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