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Reviews: The Smashing Machine from TIFF 2025

September 10, 2025

Final Rating: 2.5/5 The Smashing Machine is a film with plenty of hype around it. It is written and directed by Benny Safdie, one…

Reviews: Naked Ambition

September 9, 2025

Naked Ambition charts the life and career of Bunny Yeagar, a trailblazing pioneer in the pinup and nude photography world.

Reviews: Rental Family from TIFF 2025

September 8, 2025

In Rental Family, Philip is a down on his luck American actor who is hired by an agency to play the part of different family members based on client needs.

Reviews: The Threesome

September 5, 2025

The Threesome explores the rom-com genre with adults acting in mature ways as they try to navigate life post a life changing night of sex.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Reviews: Russians at War

August 15, 2025

Russians at War is a supposed impartial documentary about Russias invasion into Ukraine, that works better as a think piece than it does as a film.