TIFF ’23: ‘Dream Scenario’ is Your Favourite New Nightmare

I think we've hit max capacity on movies providing 'commentary' on 'cancel culture'

Tár (2022) and The Allure of Unlikeable Women

They hate to see a girlboss winning

‘Beau is Afraid’ is A Fever-Dream Odyssey Through Trauma

Little Traumatized Man directs movie about Big Traumatized Man, but somehow, it works.

‘Stars at Noon’ is an Uninspired Blunder

Claire Denis newest feature falls short of her regular genius in ‘Stars at Noon’

Lena Dunham Rediscovers her Voice in ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ (2022)

Catherine Called Birdy catches filmmaker Lena Dunham at her most confident

TIFF ’22 Review: Mia Goth Catches the Light in ‘Pearl’

A bone-chilling gem in technicolour

TIFF ’22 Review: ‘Aftersun’ Dives Head First into the Deep End

A24’s newest endeavour takes the plunge but comes up weak in Aftersun

Girls Will Be Anything But Themselves: An Exploration of Teenage Girls on Film

Exploring the identity crisis trope of teenage girls on film.

How ‘The Scary of Sixty-First’ (2021) Red Pills its Audience

Body horror turns ultramodern in Dasha Nekrasova’s memorable directorial debut, The Scary of Sixty First.

VIFF ’21 Review: ‘Red Rocket’ Reinvents The Hero’s Journey

Sean Baker successfully tackles the anti-hero’s journey in his new A24 dramedy, Red Rocket.

‘Melancholia’ (2011) and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Planet

Lars Von Trier portrays mental illness as a superpower in Melancholia.

‘Mulholland Dr.’ (2001) and the Artifice of the American Dream

How David Lynch tricks the audience and dismantles the American Dream in Mulholland Drive