?You gotta kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight? ? Leonard Cohen To be fair, Cohen?s words were likely never meant to connect with vampire films. But they certainly apply to Kicking Blood. Kicking Blood tells the story of Anna (Alanna Bale), a young vampire who must feed on the blood of others to survive. Together…
Trying to maintain an image can be exhausting. In?The Power of the Dog?though, we see that trying to live up to public expectations can also kill the soul. Although they have built a successful ranch together, brothers George and Phil Burbank could not be more different. Elder brother Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) maintains a rough and…
Whether or not you consider yourself a ?cat person?, there?s something electrical about the life of?Louis Wain. Set in Victorian London of the 1880s,?The Electrical Life of Louis Wain?tells the story of Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), an academy-trained artist who earns his keep by drawing portraits of animals from the county fair. Living with his…
Set in the year 2043,?Night Raiders?takes place in a world where disenfranchised cities in post-war North America are controlled by a maniacal military organization called The Emerson Group. Under their regime, children are considered property of the State and forced into their children?s academy. Having been on the run for years, Niska (Elle-Maija Tailfeathers) and…
Directed by Stephen Chbosky, DEAR EVAN HANSEN tells the story of a young man who write letters to himself in order to provide a way of dealing with his mental health issues. However, when one of his letters is mistaken for the last words of another teen who takes his own life, Evan finds himself…
Everyone wants to catch the guilty but not everyone recognizes that same guilt within themselves. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), The Guilty takes place during the raging wildfires of Los Angeles. As his nightshift at the 911 desk winds down, frustrated and exhausted police officer Joe Bayler (Jake Gyllenhaal) gets a perilous phone call from a…
There are films that haunt you because they?re disturbing and there are films that haunt you because they?re beautiful. Somehow,?Titane?manages to be both. Directed by?Julia Ducournau,?Titane?tells the story of Alexia (Agathe Rousselle), a young, provocative dancer who has been broken by trauma. At a young age, Alexia was involved in a brutal car accident that…
Sheila (Arooj Azeem), a Pakistani-Canadian university student, is trying to find her independence while dealing with traditional and overbearing parents.??As she experiences love, sex, and heartbreak for the first time, Sheila has to deal with the fallout of those things essentially on her own.? She doesn?t seem to mesh well with her family or her…
Ever since their father?s suicide in their youth, sisters Yoli (Alison Pill) and Elf (Sarah Gadon) have wrestled with tragedy. Now adults, All My Puny Sorrows follows the two women who carry their grief in different ways yet both are having difficulty coping to get through the day. Navigating a divorce and her struggling career…
Set in a small town in the jungles of Argentina,?To Kill the Beast?follows the journey of Emilia (Tamara Rocca), a young woman from Buenos Aires who is searching relentlessly for her lost brother. After her mother?s death, Emilia?s great hope is to ease the broken relationships with her family and so she sets out on…
