Driveaway Dolls tells the story of Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan), a young woman who lives an ordered life. Although her love life has been suffering, Marian works her desk job and keeps her life professional. But, when her friend, Jamie (Margaret Qualley) suffers another break-up, the two embark upon an impromptu jaunt to Tallahassee, Florida in an…
By Adam Kline In 1993, in small town Kentucky, a hairdresser hears the story of a local family stricken by grief and struggling to pay their bills. The father, recently widowed, with two young girls is burdened by medical bills because his youngest is ill and in desperate need of a liver transplant. The hairdresser,…
There is a sentiment amongst millennial women that getting married and having children is a net negative for them. Women are almost always burdened with 100% of the emotional labour, they end up managing most of the housework, their health deteriorates faster than their spouse and many find themselves with husbands who practice ‘weaponized incompetence’…
Directed by DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman, The Peasants is based on Wladyslaw Reymont’s novel of the same name. Set in early 20th Century Poland, the story follows the Jagna (Kamila Urvedowska), the most beautiful and charming woman in the village of Lipce. When she marries Maciej Boryna, a weathy widower (and the village’s ‘First Farmer’), she does…
Radical Dreamer: Werner Herzog puts a spotlight on one the most unique and eclectic filmmakers to put his vision forward into the world. Coming in at a time when the artistic output was still recovering from the Nazi regime, Herzog stood out as a radical visionary from a new wave of German filmmakers. He continued…
France’s selection for the 2024 Oscars absolutely serves. No, for real. The characters literally serve food and that’s the bulk of this film. If you find cooking boring or don’t have a particular enjoyment of food outside of it providing fuel to your body, it’s fair to say this film probably won’t be for you….
Sometimes, the worst place to be is between the now and ‘not yet’. In Suncoast, we meet Doris (Nico Parker), a teenager who’s helping her mother, Kristine (Laura Linney) care for her dying brother. As they place him in palliative care, Doris meets an eccentric activist named Paul (Woody Harrelson). Having dealt with the death of…
For Sony, 2024 is the year that they can finally step up their superhero game. With three projects in theatres over the next 12 months and Marvel’s only other offering in the form of Deadpool vs. Wolverine, the SPUMC (Sony Pictures’ Universe of Marvel Characters) is finally front and center at the box office. After mostly…
Even after 40 years, it’s still worth cutting Loose. For those who have forgotten, Footloose tells the story of Ren McCormick (Kevin Bacon), a young city-boy whose family moves to a highly conservative small town in the the American Mid-west. Soon after arriving, Ren falls hard for Ariel (Lori Singer), the minister’s daughter who hides her wild side…
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for a good romance film. Often cookie cutter in their style and structure, there’s also usually a sweetness within them that makes them fun. (It’s this sort of simple structure that has made them the gold standard of Hallmark holiday films.) Even so, because of their…
