Amrou Al-Kadhi’s debut feature film Layla, which premiered at the 2024 Reel Asian Film Festival, is a dazzling exploration of identity, love, and community within the vibrant, sometimes chaotic queer scene of North London. Anchored by a standout performance from Bilal...
When Moana sailed into theatres in 2016, I was ecstatic. It felt like the big sister to my favourite Disney movie of all time: Lilo & Stitch. The movie won me over with its tender storyline about Moana finding the strength to become a Wayfinder and making her...
Memoir of a Snail is a stop-motion film directed by Adam Elliot that tells a deeply sad story about a young girl whose life is wrought with misfortune. Following the journey of Grace Prudel (voiced by Sarah Snook), a young woman tells the story of her life to her...
This movie should have come with a trigger warning. In this painful drama, director Bachir Bensaddek and writer, Maria Camila Arias, take us on a journey to Halima’s devastating past as she prepares to become a mother to a boy. Halima (Naïla Harzoune) has a seemingly...
Directed by Frédéric Forestier, Open Season follows a Parisian family of four who decide to leave the busy city for farm life in a small, rural community. Their new home is absolutely stunning, the community is full of people who treat generosity as a full-time job,...
Absolutey hilarious! Annie (Sabine Azéma) and Francois (André Dussollier) have been married for 50 years and they are still deeply in love. Together they have built a beautiful life with three somewhat-happy yet all very different kids. Francois served much of his...
Now that Seeds is available for the world to see- I have more to say about this fantastic film! This review is rated S for spoilers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQWJJBGYaNk I have said it before and I will say it again, Kaniehtiio Horn is a talent that deserves...
The last 15 years have been dominated by pissing contests between the 'Big 3' studios competing for the title of who can milk their IP the most. Don’t get me wrong, I am shameless Marvel fan - She-Hulk, Gamora and Captain Marvel are my girls, but the movie theatre was...
Joker: Folie A Deux is not a bad movie in the slightest. It's 100% a Joker origin story, just not the one fans interpreted it to be. In 2019, Todd Phillips released Joker. Despite its low score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was a major success with viewers and the box...