Quirky Little Details: Our Review of ‘I Love Boosters’

Theatrical ‐ ‐ May 21, 2026
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Quirky Little Details: Our Review of ‘I Love Boosters’

Following up his 2018 directorial debut Sorry to Bother you and mini-series I’m A Virgo, Boots Riley returns to the director’s chair with his biggest and stylish project yet with I Love Boosters. Corvette (Keke Palmer), Sade (Naomi Ackie), and Mariah (Teyana Taylor) are members of a crew of stylish shoplifters who call themselves Boosters. […]

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Cannes 2026: Our Review of ‘Che Guevara: The Last Companions’

Festival Coverage ‐ ‐ May 20, 2026
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Cannes 2026: Our Review of ‘Che Guevara: The Last Companions’

Che Guevara: The Last Companions contains the typical elements one sees in documentaries – animation, archive footage, and interviews. As I write this, credit is due for the animators in capturing the emotions of Guevara’s fellow fighters. Those segments show them being dejected after hearing about their leader’s death and Bolivian soldiers capturing another fighter. […]

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Cannes 2026: Our Review of ‘The Station’

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ ‐ May 17, 2026
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Cannes 2026: Our Review of ‘The Station’

Layal (Manal Al-Maliki) laughs with one of her customers – I watched another film set in West Asia that said that laughter is resilience and it’s true with these characters. To be specific, Layal and the other characters in The Station live in a fictional version of Yemen. She runs a women only gas station. […]

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Cannes 2026: Our Review of ‘Flesh and Fuel’

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ ‐ May 16, 2026
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Cannes 2026: Our Review of ‘Flesh and Fuel’

Speaking from experience, it’s difficult to find a gay person who also happens to be nice, but Etienne (Alexis Manenti), the protagonist of Pierre le Gall’s Flesh and Fuel, is, arguably, lucky. Bartosz (Julian Świeżewski) is Etienne’s lucky charm, getting both of them out of trouble with cops because they were having sex in public. […]

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See You Always: Our Review of ‘Obsession’ (2025)

Theatrical ‐ ‐ May 15, 2026
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See You Always: Our Review of ‘Obsession’ (2025)

Director Curry Barker humble requests for his viewers for patience, a virtue arguably present in his film Obsession. Protagonist Bear (Michael Johnston) waits seven years to profess his love to his coworker Nikki (Inde Navarrette). After dropping her off to her house, it seems like he’s okay with waiting and suffering for seven more years. […]

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The Story Continues: Our Review of ‘Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe’

Movies ‐ ‐ May 15, 2026
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The Story Continues: Our Review of ‘Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe’

While there is always talk about how long certain franchises go on (Star Wars, James Bond, Star Trek, and others), sometimes it’s hard to remember that it’s not only American made franchises that stand the test of time. Japan has had their fair share of long running series as well, some of which are animated. […]

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Halls of Power: Our Review of ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ ‐ May 15, 2026
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Halls of Power: Our Review of ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’

The truth is stranger than fiction…or is it? The Wizard of the Kremlin takes us into the halls of power in a way that feels unsure of itself, where it’s trying to lean into some of the more ridiculous moments but also weigh in on the general insanity of the distribution of power in Russia […]

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BEWARE OF THE ‘PASSENGER’ AS YOU ENTER FOR A CHANCE AT DOUBLE PASSES TO ADVANCE SCREENINGS IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO!!!

Uncategorized ‐ ‐ May 14, 2026
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BEWARE OF THE ‘PASSENGER’ AS YOU ENTER FOR A CHANCE AT DOUBLE PASSES TO ADVANCE SCREENINGS IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO!!!

The nightmare is really…so dear god keep please driving…. After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won’t stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure into a nightmare. From Director André […]

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African Cinema At Cannes: Our Review of ‘A Screaming Man’ on MUBI

Mubi ‐ ‐ May 12, 2026
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African Cinema At Cannes: Our Review of ‘A Screaming Man’ on MUBI

Abdel (Diouc Koma), a young Chadian man, asks his father Adam (Youssouf Djaoro) to take a photo of them together. A Screaming Man, from director Mahamat Saleh Haroun, has a lot of fleeting, small moments like this. In capturing the mundane, it reminds the viewers that these moments won’t last, something that Adam is realizing. […]

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Same Story, Different Characters : Our Review of The Bearded Girl’

Movies ‐ ‐ May 08, 2026
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Same Story, Different Characters : Our Review of The Bearded Girl’

If you’ve watched enough movies, odds are you’ve seen the same story told in many different ways. In the case of The Bearded Girl, it’s a coming of age story of a girl coming from a controlling family who wants something different for herself. On the surface it’s a story that’s been told time again. […]

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