SLEEP is an expertly crafted horror
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
When you like these characters or feel something to relate with, it makes the terror that they are walking towards that much terrifying.
AZRAEL breaths a new kind of energy into folk horror
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
While many similar films take more of a methodical slow burn pace, director E.L. Katz and writer Simon Barrett take folk horror and turn it into a non stop thrill ride.
THE DESERVING is a hauntingly impressive debut
by Jill Vranken, Staff Writer
The Deserving manages to be a short, sharp shock of a horror film, and one that I highly recommend you seek out and give a chance.
ANOTHER HAPPY DAY is a delicate portrait of early motherhood
by Christine Freije, Staff Writer
Another Happy Day proves over and over that familial love is not as simple as it seems: aunts can be cruel, husbands can be controlling, and mothers can be absent.
LYVIA'S HOUSE offer Gothic thrills but an unlikable protagonist
by Allie Lembo, Staff Writer
Sometimes people find a reason to stay in a relationship that’s gone so sour it’s sweet for the flies.
THE WILD ROBOT offers a beautiful escape into nature
by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
It’s a difficult line for many children’s films to walk—entertaining both children and adults—but The Wild Robot walks it well, most likely due to the fact that its middle grade source material allows it to be more nuanced than your average children’s film.
Ambitious, idiosyncratic, and moving: MEGALOPOLIS is my new Roman Empire
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Megalopolis deserves to be considered in conversation with The Godfather and Apocalypse Now not just as explorations of the American Empire, but as proof to the power of cinema to convey the nuance and complexity that shapes the human experience itself.
APARTMENT 7A truly is a feast for the eyes
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Despite the lack of a theatrical release, I am so happy that others will get to experience another first-rate picture from Natalie Erika James.
NOTICE TO QUIT is an entertaining father-daughter summer (mis)adventure
by Katharine Mussellam, Staff Writer
The core father-daughter relationship still makes this a respectable first feature from Hacker for audiences to savour as we experience the last of summer weather as autumn begins.
INHERIT THE WITCH sets up an intriguing premise but jumps away too often
by Jill Vranken, Staff Writer
While the set-up of Inherit the Witch is an intriguing one, the execution of that set-up falls frustratingly short.
BEEZEL spins a decades-long yarn with uneven results
by Kate Beach, Staff Writer
Beezel spans six decades in the same house, and multiple generations of the same family, along with the outsiders they invite in.
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE is nothing more than an attempt to relive the past
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Editor in Chief
There may have been a good story somewhere within the hour and forty-five minute runtime of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice unfortunately, the lack of focus made it hard to pinpoint.
THE SUBSTANCE shows a complicated, nuanced look at womanhood
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
Writer/director Coralie Fargeat creates a fascinating world in The Substance. It is beautiful, mean, gross, and bloody.
THE FEATHERWEIGHT shines a spotlight on an unknown boxing legend
by Kevin Murphy, Staff Writer
The Featherweight a smaller work that delivers emotionally thanks to strong performances and the choice to focus not on the rise and fall of a young champion but the comeback of someone well past his prime.
HAPPY CLOTHES: A FILM ABOUT PATRICIA FIELD offers a glimpse into the life of an icon
by Anne Johnson, Staff Writer
Happy Clothes is a celebration of style as art, with Patricia Field as its cool, confident center.
OMNI LOOP takes the time loop idea in a new direction
by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
I’ve watched many, many, many time loop films. And some time loop episodes of TV (it seems like most sci-fi or magical shows that go on for any length of time have at least one). But none of them are quite like Omni Loop, a quietly ambitious entry into a staple genre.
TRANSFORMERS: ONE truly offers more than meets the eye
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
While Transformers is often a self-serious toy franchise, this film finds a good balance between giving the story proper weight and allowing for enough comedy to emphasize that these toy movies are supposed to be fun.
SUMMERLIGHT...AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT tells the story of a small Icelandic community
by Jon Jansen, Staff Writer
The beautiful backdrop of its setting is capturing, but while the place they’re in looks spectacular, the narrative itself lands in an unspectacular place.
A MISTAKE is a paint-by-numbers approach to a complicated tragedy
by Carmen Paddock, Staff Writer
A Mistake takes a complicated scenario and washes it of artistic finesse, making the ensuing emotional impact negligible.
Power and peril abound in fem-gazed erotic thriller BABYGIRL
by Mo Moshaty, Staff Writer
Babygirl encourages the conversation of personal kink and desire, pushing the boundaries of personal comfort in favor of ultimate pleasure and we could do better as a society in welcoming that moment of inconvenience.