From Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-Ho, the classic Memories of Murder is based on Korean?s first real serial killer who committed his murders from 1986 ? 199 until they were caught in 2019. Originally released in 2003, Memories tells the story...
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TIFF20: Black Bodies
Directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, Black Bodies is a short film on what it currently means to be black in America. Told through spoken word, the viewer experiences the major issues affecting the black community as a result of centuries of systemic discrimination,...
TIFF20: Shadow in the Cloud
Set during WWII, Shadow in the Cloud is an action-packed horror movie that stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Maude Garrett, a flight officer who embarks on a secret mission to deliver a confidential package. As a woman alone in a group of men on a rickety...
The New Mutants: Giving Life to our Demons
With 20th?Century Studios release of?The New Mutants, the long gestating project introduces a new tone into the superhero genre that we haven?t seen before: horror!? (Unless you count Brightburn, which no one does?) Set with new characters from...
Tenet: Christopher Nolan is Back (and Backwards)
The [only?] blockbuster of the summer is finally here. In Christopher Nolan?s next hit film,?Tenet, the director brings us another trippy, mind-blowing Inception-style movie. Tenet stars John David Washington as ?The Protagonist? (which is not subtle at all), a...
Enter the Fat Dragon: Learning Who You Are
In an obvious homage to Bruce Lee?s classic film, Enter the Dragon, Donnie Yen stars in Enter the Fat Dragon. In this action comedy, Yen stars as Fallon Zhu, a ripped hardcore action cop who doesn?t play by the rules. Millions caused in property damage? No...
Peninsula: When Zombies Mirror Reality
A sequel to the South Korean zombie film Train to Busan, Peninsula is set four years after the events of the initial outbreak and follows a new cast. Jung-seok (Gang Dong-Won), an ex-military and survivor of the outbreak, and his brother-in-law,...
Last Moment of Clarity: Running from the Past
Directed by Colin and James Krisel,?Last Moment of Clarity?is a thriller mystery film about Sam (Zach Avery), a man who has abandoned his identity in order to run away from the mob that?s after him. Scared and alone, Sam is plagued by the memory of his now deceased...
The Painter and the Thief: Painting a New Picture
A still from The Painter and the Thief by Benjamin Ree, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Barbora Kysilkova. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by...