Review

Riz Ahmed plays a rapper struck by a rare illness in the remarkable Mogul Mowgli [CIFF]

Riz Ahmed gives one of the best performances of the year in this multi-layered look at cultural identity.

4 years ago

Shiva Baby is a wickedly funny comedy about modern Jewish family dynamics [CIFF]

A young woman's life unravels during one afternoon in Emma Seligman's outstanding feature debut.

4 years ago

Save Yourselves! review: A Millennial couple detach from their phones just as an alien invasion hits in this smart sci-fi comedy

Sunita Mani and John Reynolds star as a couple who pick the worst possible time to detach from technology.

4 years ago

You can’t escape your past in the unsettling Canadian horror film Bright Hill Road [CIFF]

Calgary filmmaker Robert Cuffley crafts an effective look at the debilitating effects of trauma and guilt.

4 years ago

Tony Hale plays a schlub obsessed with Elizabeth Banks in the sweet and quirky ‘Eat Wheaties!’ [CIFF]

Hale leads an incredible cast including Paul Walter Hauser, Alan Tudyk, Elisha Cuthbert, and more.

4 years ago

Girl review: Bella Thorne and Mickey Rourke (!) square off in a gritty revenge thriller [Fantastic Fest/CIFF]

Bella Thorne stars as a young woman out to kill her deadbeat dad in this clever and twisty thriller.

4 years ago

Review: Steven Hyden’s This Isn’t Happening contextualizes the impact of Radiohead’s landmark Kid A album

Steven Hyden explores Radiohead's infamous left turn in this eminently readable new book.

4 years ago

TIFF 2020 review: Music can still bring us together in the dystopian short The Archivists

Schitt’s Creek's Noah Reid stars as a member of a traveling group of musicians in a dystopian world where art…

4 years ago

TIFF 2020 review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

The sequel to 2003's The Corporation looks at the deadly consequences of big business running unchecked across the globe.

4 years ago