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, 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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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘The Difficult Bride’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 20, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘The Difficult Bride’
  • Release Date: 9/16/2026

Zaineen (Zaineen Chowdhury Karim), a wealthy young woman in contemporary Dhaka, sees dangerous men outside of her ‘brides only’ compound. The compound, which seems like a ‘brides only’ spa, has its comforts, including her personal assistant Minoti (Reekita Nondine Shimu). But still, the spa feels so stifling that she starts acting strange when she has […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Conversation with the Sea’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Conversation with the Sea’

Director Muayad Alayan’s Conversation with the Sea has a story that comes from true events. A man of Palestinian heritage, he has a family member who has to prove other members’ deaths. Otherwise, their debts to social security grow, adding to regular debts that are part of life. Such is the case for protagonist Kamal. […]

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San Sebastian Film Festival 2026: Our Review of ‘The World Before’

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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San Sebastian Film Festival 2026: Our Review of ‘The World Before’

Jin (Sim Su-bin) gets a question from her mother about her and Park Dujae (Kim Eo-jin) together. Her mother is right, yes, Jin, a schoolgirl, visits the young man regularly and they hang out. She develops feelings for Dujae, so much so that she visits him and expects him to always be around.  He indulges […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Flies’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Flies’

Olga (Teresita Sánchez) has a small fly problem in her apartment, but it’s not a big concern – it’s negligible enough that she can still rent a room to Tulio (Hugo Ramírez). He smuggles his son Cristian (Bastian Escobar) in the room, which makes her kick them out. Tulio asks for a week to relocate. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Ah Girl’

Festival Coverage, Movies, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Ah Girl’

I did research on Ah Girl‘s director Ang Geck Geck, apparently she had a job while making this. Directors are superheroes, putting heart and passion in films like this, in this case, something based on her life. The titular character (Xuan Jing Ong) and her sister Ah Tian (Sydney Wong) seem like well fed children. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’

Movies, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’

War films are a dime a dozen. Every major war has had dozens of films made about it too, with the Vietnam war being one of the most popular. A common theme throughout many of them is the effect the war had on the people who lived through it and the atrocities that Americans committed. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Brace Your Heart’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Brace Your Heart’

The Sami people contain multitudes, Amanda Kernell’s Brace Your Heart showing a more traditional side of that Indigenous community. The characters in this film are reindeer herders, Ejva (Elli-Sara Valkeapää), a daughter of a reindeer herder. That ‘in’ is Heaika (Andte Gaup-Juuso), who, after sleeping with her, promises that the community will vote for her. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Idda’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Idda’

Idda, from director Irene Dionisio, is about a lot of things, including the active volcano atop Mount Etna. It’s also mostly about Adele, or Ita (Tecla Insolia), trying to climb a volcano for her photography project. Accompanying her is Sofia (Romana Maggiora Vergano), her estranged bff / ex-girlfriend, trying to make up for lost time. […]

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