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Reviews: river

May 23, 2024

In River, the inhabitants of a small inn in the Japanese countryside suddenly find themselves in a time loop, River restricts the loop to two minutes.

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?

276: Hot Docs 2024

May 7, 2024

We are covering the ⁠Hot Docs Film Festival⁠, which celebrates the best in documentary films. We discuss 6 films watched during this year’s fest.

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.

273: Best Films of 2023

April 2, 2024

Now that the Oscars are behind us, it is time to put a cap 2023. So buckle in as Dakota and Rachel name their ten favourite films from last year.

269: Poor Lives and American Holdovers

February 20, 2024

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On…

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

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.