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Reviews: Joan Baez I Am a Noise

October 19, 2023

This story is as much about Joan Baez’s legendary career as her own struggles with mental health issues, and the film weaves together old home movie footage from her childhood, and animates her teenage journals, which help enrich the narrative, ultimately painting a picture of a tortured soul.

Reviews: The Taste of Things from New York Film Festival 2023

October 18, 2023

The Taste of Things is certainly an enjoyable film, especially for food lovers everywhere.

256: VIFF Interviews – Wild Goat Surf and I Used To Be Funny

October 17, 2023

We wrap up our Vancouver International Film Festival coverage with two excellent interviews from Wild Goat Surf⁠ and I Used To Be Funny⁠.

Guest Appearance: Technically a Conversation Episode 119 – Michelle Remembers & The 80’s Satanic Panic

October 16, 2023

Episode 119! Anyone who grew up in the 80’s remembers the Satanic Panic as a phenomenon that couldn’t be escaped. The news and talk…

Reviews: The Boy and the Heron from New York Film Festival 2023

October 14, 2023

Beyond the surface level through lines that Ghibli fans will recognize though, Miyazaki leaves a message for his grandson about grief, death and moving on.

Reviews: The Zone of Interest from New York Film Festival 2023

October 13, 2023

The chilling juxtaposition of the evils of Nazism against the humdrum of household life is at the core of Johathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest.

Reviews: Evil Does Not Exist from New York Film Festival 2023

October 11, 2023

While not as long as his most recent film Drive My Car, Evil Does Not Exist still has a gripping pace and beautiful and creatively minimalist cinematography.

255: 2023 VIFF Wrap Up

October 10, 2023

The 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival just concluded and we wrap up some of the films we saw.

254: Celebrating Filipino Cinema

October 3, 2023

October is ⁠Filipino American Heritage Month⁠ and to celebrate we are looking at the contributions that The Philippines have made to cinema.

Reviews: The Royal Hotel from VIFF 2023

October 2, 2023

Kitty Green is back with another searing indictment on the hostility that men bring into the world and the danger, both real and imagined, that women must contend with on a day to day basis.