Reviews: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain from TIFF 2025 September 13, 2025 Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is an animated film about a young Belgian girl growing up in post-war Japan and her experiences in the world. Continue Reading
Reviews: Junk World from TIFF 2025 September 12, 2025 Final Rating: 3.5/5 Junk World is an impressive and novel stop-motion adventure. While the background lore of director Takahide Hori’s world can be hard… Continue Reading
Reviews: Mare’s Nest from TIFF 2025 September 4, 2025 Mare’s Nest tells a series of stories from the perspective of one girl named Moon in a world without adults and how things would function. Continue Reading
Reviews: Dry Leaf from TIFF 2025 September 3, 2025 Final Rating: 4/5 Dry Leaf is a challenging, deeply affecting film showcasing a unique view of the Georgian countryside. Shot on a 2008 Sony… Continue Reading
Reviews: Self-Help from FrightFest 2025 August 25, 2025 Final Rating: 3/5 Not quite a movie about cults, not quite a home invasion movie, Self-Help, from director Erik Bloomquist, is inventively subversive in… Continue Reading
Reviews: Contact Lens from Fantasia Festival 2025 August 20, 2025 Final Rating: 4/5 Contact Lens begins with an unnamed woman putting in a contact lens as an alarm sound repeats in the background. As… Continue Reading
Reviews: The Woman from Fantasia Festival 2025 August 18, 2025 Final Rating: 1/5 In The Woman, Sun-kyung (Han Hye-ji) meets with an internet stranger, Young-hwan (Kim Hee-sang), offering a free cordless vacuum cleaner. But… Continue Reading
Reviews: Stinker from Fantasia Festival 2025 August 13, 2025 Stinker is a light dramedy about an alien that lands in Kazakhstan and befriends a homeless man and grumpy elderly lady as they all learn to be friends. Continue Reading
Reviews: $POSITIONS from Fantasia Festival 2025 August 12, 2025 $POSITIONS uses cryptocurrency is used to show the new found way that addiction can take hold in people’s lives, especially in the form of gambling. Continue Reading
Reviews: Boys Go To Jupiter August 7, 2025 Boys Go To Jupiter is a surrealist animated film that tackles the gig economy while casting a who’s who of indie comedy stars. Continue Reading
