TIFF Journal: Waves
Trey Edward Shults’ third feature, Waves, is about actions and reactions, how different circumstances cause emotions to ebb and flow. This story of family disintegration speaks to uncomfortable issues and is sure to generate...
Trey Edward Shults’ third feature, Waves, is about actions and reactions, how different circumstances cause emotions to ebb and flow. This story of family disintegration speaks to uncomfortable issues and is sure to generate...
Midway through Joker, Joaquin Phoenix dances as he traipses down a New York staircase, and the soundtrack pounds to “Rock and Roll Part 2,” an anthem played at almost every sports arena for decades. The song’s pe...
At one level, Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit is a fable about horror and redemption. On the other, it’s a coming-of-age story, where tales of monsters and villains, the basis of most literature aimed at children, are twis...
Dolemite Is My Name is a delightful deep dive into the world of indie film production and the Blaxploitation genre. The movie feels like a spiritual sequel to Tim Burton’s Ed Wood (also scripted by screenwriters Scott Alexan...
Some films are not about character revelations or plot. Sometimes, you’re merely fed information and allowed the space to come to your own conclusions. Chiwawa chooses to present the world as a messy moving target, without e...
It’s difficult, and possibly unfair, to separate Filipino director Adolfo Boringa Alix, Jr.’s Mystery of the Night from the ideas it’s representing. The film uses folkloric techniques to tell a story about love, ...
More often than not, horror lies in the unknown. In rare occurrences, like those shown in 1BR, knowing everything is even scarier.
Alice Waddington’s directorial debut Paradise Hills is an ambitious but messy near-future dystopia tale that feels like a watered-down Hunger Games or a middling piece of episodic television.
In December of 1974, 20th Century Fox released a film based in part on The Phantom of the Opera plus some bits of the tale of Faust and a dash of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Directed by Brian De Palma and starring William Finley, ...
Measuring your expectations for the fifth entry into any horror franchise is just good common sense. Keeping low expectations for the latest Critters movie, the non-theatrically released Critters Attack!, is good self-preservation...
Ulaa Salim’s Sons of Denmark is a bravura, thrilling, and highly energized debut that’s evocative of filmmakers with far more experience. A story about race, culture, and the rise of Right Wing demagoguery that’s...
Hard Core Logo and Pontypool director Bruce McDonald’s latest film, Dreamland, brings vampire tropes, Lynchian surrealism, and a love of cool Jazz to audiences that may or may not be receptive to the trippy tale.