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Reviews: Grand Theft Hamlet from Hot Docs 2024

May 15, 2024

Grand Theft Hamlet, documents the process to stage a live production of Hamlet within the virtual world of GTA during the UK’s COVID lockdown in early 2021.

Reviews: Secret Mall Apartment from Hot Docs 2024

May 9, 2024

After his home was demolished in the wake of the mall’s opening, artist Michael Townsend had an idea: what about living in the mall?

Reviews: Agent of Happiness from Hot Docs 2024

May 3, 2024

Are the people of Bhutan truly happy? Agent of Happiness, follows a pair of agents as they interview people for the 2022 Gross National Happiness survey.

Reviews: Whatever It Takes from Hot Docs 2024

May 1, 2024

Whatever It Takes, directed by Jenny Carchman, is a gripping true-crime documentary centred around the 2019 stalking scandal of Ina and David Steiner.

Reviews: Hundreds of Beavers

February 16, 2024

Hundreds of Beavers wears its inspirations on its sleeve. An irreverent, black-and-white, live-action cartoon, it’s a survivalist western by way of Looney Tunes.

Reviews: Gran Turismo – Physical Release

November 29, 2023

The highlight of Gran Turismo are the racing scenes, which are skillfully shot and edited, the film’s pace keeping up with the cars.

Reviews: Bad CGI Gator

November 22, 2023

A group of teens being chased by a clearly computer-animated alligator is a great premise for a joke. And then it keeps trying to do it again with diminishing returns.

Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

November 20, 2023

Nearly 10 after The Hunger Games saga concluded with Mockingjay, director Francis Lawrence returns with an adaptation of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Reviews: Hey Viktor! from ImagineNATIVE 2023

November 3, 2023

In Cody Lightning’s debut film Hey Viktor!, Lightning plays a lightly fictionalized version of himself attempting to revitalize his failing career with a spiritual successor to his most famous film. Named for a notable line in Smoke Signals, Lightning’s 1998 acting debut, Hey Viktor! is a wildly funny look at minor fame that packs a surprising amount of heart.

Reviews: Late Night With The Devil from Toronto After Dark Film Festival

October 25, 2023

Presented as the original master tapes from the most scandalous episode of a fictional TV talk show, Late Night is a slow-burn psychological horror that’s as funny as it is terrifying and as gripping as it is kitschy.