‘Hell House LLC: Lineage’ Review: Even The Clown is Bored

Hell House LLC: Lineage swaps found-footage fear for flat exposition. Abaddon has never felt less alive.

VIFF ’25 | MODES 3 and the Aesthetics of Work

Observing the VIFF short film program MODES 3 where art and labour mirror each other’s exhaustion.

Our Hero, Balthazar: It’s All a Big Grift

Oscar Boyson's feature debut is a star-crossed friendship story emerging from the algorithm, giving us one of few truly contemporary films of today

Was AJLT Designed to Be Skipped Through?

How And Just Like That lacked the magic of SATC, but maybe that's okay.

‘Obsession’ Takes a Shit on Your Toxic Relationship

Curry Barker's 'Obsession' might be the definitive PSA against co-dependency.

‘Mile End Kicks’ and The Sleaze of Being a Girl in 2011

Reliving my indie sleaze years through Chandler Levack's stellar sophomore film, Mile End Kicks

Return to Monke

The 2020 meme is taken literally in Better Man and The Monkey.

Do You Want to Disappear?

In American Gigolo and Cruising the men flex, preen, unravel. None of them are really there

Pavements: A Slacker’s Worst Nightmare

A Pavement fan reviews a 2024 American experimental musical biopic docufiction concert film

Twenty-Eight Anthropocenes: On Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later

The end of the world means we're allowed to make interesting zombie movies again.

I Couldn’t Help But Wonder… Is It a Rom-Com Summer?

This summer, the only thing hotter than the weather is my delusional belief in romance.

Split Masculinities in 2000s Prestige Television

How male-led cable dramas of the 2000s showcased the cracks in modern masculinity.

Tribeca: What Films to Fest

A Sneak Peek at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival