Sydney Sweeney finally goes into horror territory with her new film Immaculate, her first as a producer. Coming from director Michael Mohan, who she worked with on The Voyeurs, Immaculate finds Sydney at the center of a crazed convent of nuns who take care of their elderly sisters who are close to meeting their Maker….
What comes to mind when you hear the name, William Shatner? Comedian? Grandfather? Scoundrel? Star? (Or simply Star Trek?) Directed by Alexandre Philippe, William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill is an intimate portrayal (maybe) of Shatner’s life and career. Having been a performer for over 70 years, Shatner’s career has boldly gone from space (Star Trek) to…
Set in the concrete jungle of New York City, Problemista tells the story of Alejandro (Julio Torres), an aspiring toy designer who has yet to successfully realize his dreams. Battling with immigration, Alejandro desperately searches for work in order to solidify his visa but can’t seem to find anything consistent (or satisfying). His world begins to change…
In The Queen of My Dreams, director Fawzia Mirza makes her feature debut from a short that she made in 2012. The film world premiered at TIFF ’23 and has received five nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards, including best lead performance for Amrit Kaur. Inspired by the films of Indian cinema, Mirza combines this…
Directed by Jang Jae-hyun, Exhuma follows shamans, Hwa-rim (played by Kim Go-eun) and Bong-gil (played by Lim Dong-hyun), who have been called to the Parks, a Korean American family in LA experiencing unrest among their firstborns. Through their investigation, Hwa-rim and Bong-gil discover that this family is being haunted by one of their ancestors and decide that they must move…
“These are not just pictures; they are testimonies that will live forever.” I remember that, decades ago, I would enjoy looking through National Geographic magazines. I rarely read the text, but would often be enthralled by the photographs. They might have been wildlife, nature, people, exotic places. Each photo was telling a story. (Maybe that’s…
Sometimes, the best way to share a person’s entire legacy is to focus in on a moment. Set in the late 1970s, Bob Marley: One Love follows Bob Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir) as he attempts to help his home country of Jamaica during a time of political division. With the develop of Smile Jamaica, a free concert with…
I’m not always a fan of inspirational type films. In my experience, many films that take this style play things very safe stay in order to better give their audience hope. Often conversations feel stale, set pieces are minimal and performances are lacking. But Arthur the King takes a different path. Directed by Simon Cellan Jones, Arthur the…
You can’t choose your family… but you can choose to love them. Directed by Jeremy Lalonde, Daniel’s Gotta Die tells the story of Daniel Powell (Joel David Moore), a loving son who is caring for his father in his final days. With the end approaching for his father, Daniel’s greatest desire is to reconcile with his siblings…
There’s something extraordinary about those who are ordinary. In One Life, we are introduced to Nicholas Winton (Johnny Flynn), a young London stock broker whose life is changed upon a trip to Prague in December 1938. With the Nazis wreaking havoc in Europe, Winton is stunned to see the lives of countless children who have been…
