Ask any loving parent what lengths they’d go to protect their own child, and the response of “kill for them” might not sound completely unreasonable…
There’s a heavy, somber pallor that hangs over To Kill a Wolf, writer/director Kelsey Taylor’s debut feature. Working with cinematographer Adam Lee, Taylor films the…
Queen of Bones opens with text evoking silent movie title cards: “folk tales of the great depression.” Whether or not this succeeds in setting us…
In Michael Shanks’ body-horror-comedy Together, the recently-engaged but longtime-dating couple of Millie and Tim (played by real-life spouses and frequent creative collaborators Alison Brie and…
Joseph Kahn’s Ick is a garish, confused mess of a horror-comedy straining for cult-audience validation (see: the three-day Fathom Events rollout). It plays like the…
When 20-something pianist Donna (Dana Namerode) receives a diagnosis of bone cancer in her hand, she explores different avenues for physical and mental health treatment,…
After arguably seeing his fame peak in the early days of Covid — on the back of starring turns in Big Time Adolescence and The…
The exorcism and possession subgenre has been at a creative stall basically since its heyday in the 1970s. The panoply of genre tropes looks more…
The death of a loved one is fundamental to the human condition, with the ensuing grief making way for an odyssey of pain and acceptance.…
One of the most interesting things that writer/director Christian Swegal does in his new film Sovereign is forgoing any introductory text scrawl or blatant exposition…
Thibault Emin’s Else begins with a series of undulating abstract images that suggest microscopic photography, a vaguely organic tapestry that evokes skin under a magnifying…
Given the real-life horrors of a global pandemic and an increasingly hostile socio-political climate, it’s no wonder that post-apocalyptic fiction is as en vogue as…
M3GAN wasn’t born — or built, or whatever — to play it safe. Gerard Johnstone’s 2022 tech-toy horror is, charitably, a good time, the sort…
Dale Dickey is a beloved veteran character actor, having enjoyed a career that spans over 30 years of consistent, quality work. Typically inhabiting the souls…
Filmmakers Will Howarth and Tom McKeith are walking a fine line with their new feature film In Vitro, a low-key dramatic thriller that incorporates horror-tinged…
Mani Ratnam is considered one of India’s finest directors, particularly among those working in the Tamil language, and is coming off a two-part critical and…
Killing Mary Sue defines the term “Mary Sue” thusly: “A character, usually a young woman, who is often portrayed as inexplicably competent across all domains…
For fans of a certain kind of action movie, Diablo is one of the most anticipated releases of 2025. It marks the sixth collaboration between…
The rousing action epic may seem, in the age of bloated superhero flicks and video game adaptations, a thing of cinema’s past. If, for example,…
Comparisons to Everything Everywhere All at Once seem inevitable in the early buzz on Yang Li’s Escape from the 21st Century. The TIFF program guide…