SSIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Cute’

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ ‐ September 23, 2026
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SSIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Cute’

Richard’s (Jan Gunnar Røise) doctor wants to know why he wants a castration – he doesn’t say why. He’s not the only character in Cute who doesn’t want to take care of themselves in more conventional ways. That other person is Stella (Gina Jaqueline), caretaker for Richard’s old mother and who has an eating disorder. […]

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Patricio Guzmán: Our Review of ‘Nostalgia for the Light’ on OVID

OVID.tv ‐ ‐ September 22, 2026
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Patricio Guzmán: Our Review of ‘Nostalgia for the Light’ on OVID

Astronomer George Galaz asks “Where do we come from, it’s a key question,” to Patricio Guzman. It’s one of the many rhetorical yet real questions to any field of study, Galaz doing so in the Atacama. The Atacama desert is also the location of two of the most painful moments in Chile’s violent recent history. […]

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SSIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Will You Still Be My Friend’

Festival Coverage ‐ ‐ September 21, 2026
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SSIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Will You Still Be My Friend’

A friendship blossoms despite adult interference in Will You Still Be My Friend, a film coming from Taiwan. Jasper (Aloysius Looi) is Singaporean Taiwanese, moving to the latter country for a solar power business. His dad explains to his mom “They talk a lot, but in the end, they just want money”, quickly reassuring her. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Carrie’

Festival Coverage, Movies, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 21, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Carrie’

There’s no doubt that Stephen King is one of Hollywood’s favourite writers. After all, more than 60 adaptations of his works have graced the silver screen over the years. That doesn’t include TV shows either. King’s first novel, Carrie, has been adapted 4 times all by itself. That alone made it surprising when it was […]

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Fantastic Fest 2026: Our Review of ‘Kung Fu Deadly’

Festival Coverage, Film Festivals ‐ ‐ September 20, 2026
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Fantastic Fest 2026: Our Review of ‘Kung Fu Deadly’

Director Fergal Costello certainly takes some big swings with his first theatrical feature film, Kung Fu Deadly. First, he casts Steve He, of Youtube and “Emotional Damage” meme fame, as his lead Danny. He pairs him with relative unknown Michael Tient as the proudly non aspirational Frank. The second swing comes with landing Lee Huang. […]

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Fresh Take On A 30-Year-Old Franchise: Our Review of ‘Resident Evil’

Movies ‐ ‐ September 20, 2026
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Fresh Take On A 30-Year-Old Franchise: Our Review of ‘Resident Evil’

In 2026 Resident Evil turned 30 years old. The first video game came out in 1996, and the first film came out in 2002. If you’ve been around since the beginning, you are sure to have favourite characters and plot lines that have been around from the start. That being said, if you go into […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Soumsoum, a Night of the Stars’

Festival Coverage, FilmsWeLike at TIFF, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 20, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Soumsoum, a Night of the Stars’

Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun depicts the hardships of a small Chadian village in Soumsoum, a Night of the Stars. It depicts those hardships with ironic beauty, as the village mourns another child, dead because of an evil curse. Or at least, that’s what they think is happening, blaming everything on Aya (Achouackh Abakar Souleymane), a ‘witch’. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of the Short Cuts Films

Festival Coverage, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 20, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of the Short Cuts Films

There are a few shorts during this festival that will make its viewers think – whether or not those films will be successful is another story, like short The End. Director and writer Niki Lindroth von Bahr is the brainchild behind this bleak short film. Here, she depicts anthropomorphic animals (voices of Noomi Rapace, etc.). […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Crystal Lake’

Festival Coverage, Movies, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 20, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Crystal Lake’

Friday the 13th‘s The convoluted storyline follows the mass murderer Jason as he stalks his prey across several films, most of which are campers at Crystal Lake. Hardcore fans of the series know however that Jason wasn’t the first killer in the films. The first killer was his mother, Pamela. The new series Crystal Lake […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Memories of a Forest’

Festival Coverage, Movies, The PR Factory at TIFF, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 20, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Memories of a Forest’

Austrian graduate student Frieda (Julia Windischbauer) and her mother Johanna (Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg) drive back home. They buy essentials, things necessary for Frieda’s grandmother Elisabeth’s funeral, a gathering for people who, on the surface, loved her. Strangely enough, that woman left an entire forest for Frieda, with trees that can produce lumber for her to sell. […]

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