Directed by Benny Safdie, The Smashing Machine reimagines the life of MMA fighter Mark Kerr in a way that reframes his life beyond punches and wins. Starring Dwayne Johnson as the legendary fighter, we understand Kerr as a man under immense pressure to be perfect, not...
Just in time for spooky season, Rian Johnson delivers another chapter in the best franchise in Hollywood. This time, we are gifted with a gothic tale of morality and a meditation on the power of hate speech. This film is certainly the darkest out of the three, and it...
Directed by Idris Elba, Dust to Dreams has more heart than narrative precision, which is exactly what I would hope for in such a complex story. The story begins with Millicent (Nse Ikpe-Etim), the owner of a vibrant nightclub in Lagos. She is ill and reaching the end...
In Honey Bunch, directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli take viewers on one hell of a messy and mind-bending ride. The film follows married couple, Diana (Grace Glowicki) and Homer (Ben Petrie), on what seems to be a medical retreat to heal Diana’s leg...
In one of the most important films of the year, Annemarie Jacir offers a raw and heartbreaking portrait of the early foundations of the illegal state of Israel. For those reading who do not know, no Jewish government ever existed in Palestine before 1948. However,...
Truth North, directed by Michèle Stephenson, confronts audiences with a historical reality that is often rejected by non-black Canadians in Canada. It is easy to argue that systemic racism is not and has never been a problem in this country because it has never been...
Ashish is lost. Depressed, apathetic and harbouring ocean levels of resentment, his mind is haunted by the anxiety of selling his first novel- white publishers don’t want a non-exotic Indian story. His spirit is disturbed by the aftermath of his parent's divorce. He...
Jane Luk isn’t here to make you comfortable. In The Institute, MGM+’s harrowing new adaptation of the popular Stephen King novel, she plays Maureen, a woman whose courage is buried under years of hardened silence and fear. You’ll find her mopping floors, moving like a...
Stepping into the shoes of a telepathic child trapped in a sinister institution isn’t something most kids have to imagine—but for Viggo Hanvelt, it was all in a day’s work. As Avery, the powerful but gentle telepath who grows into a reluctant leader in The Institute,...