In The Mountains, director Christian Einshoj uses video to reflect on their family's past in a narrative documentary. In doing so, Einshoj's family provides a window into a personal story that many would refuse to tell. Beginning with the tragic death...
Lots of people in the Film World have been doing Cannes Predictions for this year's festival and it got me thinking: Why do predictions for a measly 20 or so films in Cannes competitions when you can predict the 200 or so films that will be at TIFF? That's impossible,...
Sometimes, when minds collide, they learn each other's wounds. To Catch a Killer is the first English film from the Oscar-nominated director of Wild Tales (2014) and his transition to American filmmaking sees him taking on a psychological thriller that centres around...
Showing Up is another pristine addition to auteur director Kelly Reichardt's filmography. Set in Reichardt's typical setting of rural Oregon, Lizzy (Michelle Williams) prepares to do a potentially career-changing art show. Her journey is a simple one, but nevertheless...
Love for film can be universal. It’s an idea that many directors clearly believe in as they continue to make films about their childhood. Even so, no one has captured the magic of it all quite like Pan Nail... and he did it in a place where films really are dreams....
Content Farm is a show that you need to see to believe. This sketch comedy is strung together by a story of social media instability that warns of a future where what’s authentic, what’s real and what’s AI is thrown into the messy melting pot that is the internet. The...
As far as I'm aware, I believe that Chang Can Dunk marks the first studio-produced, teen movie to have an Asian-American male as its protagonist. (If anyone knows one that came before this, please let me know.) Regardless, the representation in this film alone made it...
After working on shows like Billions, Book of Negroes and Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story, Clement Virgo has already proven his prowess as a director and allowed him to hone his craftsmanship. Now, with his new feature film Brother, Virgo has situated himself as one...
This is it, it all comes down to this. The Oscars are in mere days and, frankly, this might stand as one of the more unpredictable Oscars in recent memory. In the acting categories, there was no sweeper who won all the major awards (SAG, BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden...