Publications

Interviews

August 6, 2026 · by Danny Jarabek

*FANTASIA 2026* Interview with 'A Safe Distance' (2026) Director, Gloria Mercer, Bethany Brown, and Tandia Mercedes

While it didn’t debut at Fantasia Fest (that honor belongs to SXSW this year), A Safe Distance also played at the Montreal-based festival. An ...

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Reviews

August 5, 2026 · by Madiha Ali

‘Cape Fear’ Season 1 Review: A Modern Retelling Marred by Uneven Execution

Everyone has a dark past; everyone has secrets. But does everyone have the courage to confront them? Cape Fear season 1 builds on this unsett...

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Reviews

August 3, 2026 · by Risa Bolash

‘Hadestown: The Musical’ Review: Powerhouse Performances of a Moving Modernized Greek Tragedy, Immortalized on Film

It’s a sad tale. It’s a tragedy. It’s an old tale from way back when. Messenger god Hermes (André De Shields) bookends the Broadway musi...

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Reviews

August 3, 2026 · by Matthew Allan

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Review: Destin Daniel Cretton Brings the Spectacular to the Friendly Neighborhood Webcrawler

Even though Doctor Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) spell in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) has wiped everyone's memory of Peter Parker (Tom ...

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Reviews

July 31, 2026 · by Mariana Fabian

FANTASIA 2026: Diego Fuentes’s Debut Feature ‘Matapanki’ is a Disruptive, Bold, Punk-tastic Masterpiece 

VIVA EL MATAPANKI. It is not often that a film enthralls me from start to finish the way that Matapanki did. In its Canadian premiere at...

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Nadia Arain

July 31, 2026

‘I Want Your Sex’: Gregg Araki Returns With a Raunchy, Inconsistent Comedy

Gregg Araki has a long-standing reputation as a key filmmaker in the New Queer Cinema movement. His boundary-pushing narratives and visual st...

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Reviews

July 30, 2026 · by Mariana Fabian

Fantasia 2026: ‘Attack on Paradise’ is a Blood-Spattered Action Joyride to the Top Floor

The timing couldn’t be worse for Suleyman (Saïd Boumazoughe), the local legend, the cop killer. After a seven-year stint in prison for his cr...

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Interviews

July 30, 2026 · by Danny Jarabek

*FANTASIA 2026* Interview with 'Sunspark' (2026) Director, Danny Bourque

In a barren post-apocalyptic world with no humans, a barter system of sunflowers for scrap parts, and robots, Zap is very lonely. In his scave...

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Interviews

July 30, 2026 · by Mariana Fabian

Filmmaker Danny Bourque Discusses Wholesome Animated Short ‘Sunspark,’ Premiering at Fantasia Film Festival 2026

In a barren post-apocalyptic world with no humans, a barter system of sunflowers for scrap parts, and robots, Zap is very lonely....

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Reviews

July 28, 2026 · by Claire May Lewis

Review: ‘Her Private Hell’ is a Neon Nightmare You’ll Be Desperate to Wake Up From

There comes a point when a director leans so much into their own hyper-stylized vision that they completely lose their touch, and Nicolas Win...

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Reviews

July 28, 2026 · by Risa Bolash

‘Heartstopper Forever’ Review: A Coming-of-Age Filmic Conclusion for the Ultimate Queer Joy TV Series

A love story for the ages, an authentic vignette of teenage experiences, and a set of beautifully three-dimensional queer characters. Just a ...

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Interviews

July 27, 2026 · by Risa Bolash

Todd Downing Breaks Down the Process of Concluding a Beloved Saga with ‘Heartstopper Forever’

After six graphic novels and three seasons of television, the Heartstopper franchise has concluded with a new Netflix film: Heartstopper Fore...

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