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One Life Featured, Reviews Film Threat

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! One Life, directed by James Hawes and written by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, is based on the true story of Nicholas Winton. He was a British stockbroker who saved hundreds of children from death…

Agnieszka Holland Won’t Let You Turn A Blind Eye To Suffering In Devastating Refugee Drama [TIFF]

A family of Syrian refugees and an English teacher from Afghanistan receive about five minutes of joy in veteran Polish auteur Agnieszka Holland’s otherwise grim and harrowing refugee drama, “Green Border.” As they land in a plane to Belarus, hoping…

‘When Evil Lurks’ Review – A Gleefully Mean-Spirited Horror Ride

There are several moments throughout Demián Rugna’s horror film When Evil Lurks where you feel the violence is coming even before it does. In one particular scene, the way it keeps cutting back to something seemingly inane outside of most…

‘His Three Daughters’ Review — A Trifecta of Tremendous Performances

This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.Late into His Three Daughters, the tremendous new film from French Exit…

Child-Bearers Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Child-Bearers is a dystopian short film from director-writer Sasha Nelson. Ruthie (Fox Varian) is a teen living in a warped future version of the United States. Science and critical thinking have gone out the window in favor of conspiracy theory and…

TIFF 2023: IN FLAMES Is A Gripping Tale About Surviving Emotional Trauma

There’s been many movies and shows recently dealing with trauma and grief. But director Zarrar Kahn’s In Flames portrays those concepts in a way that is visually stunning and emotionally heart-wrenching. While I won’t spoil anything in this In Flames…

‘The Movie Teller’ Review – Lone Scherfig’s Artful Adaptation

The Movie Teller is not a love letter to cinema like the movies about movies that precede it—it is a love letter to the community that grows from the seeds of storytelling. Based on Chilean author Hernán Rivera Letelier’s novel…

Michael Keaton Directs Himself In A Slickly Somber Neo-Noir [TIFF]

Michael Keaton has been acting in movies long enough to know that if you’re making one, as he does for the second time with the proficient neo-noir “Knox Goes Away,” your opening shot needs to say something. His says it…

Camp Hideout Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Due to the presence of Christopher Lloyd, director Sean Olson’s Camp Hideout will bring to mind Camp Nowhere for several audience members. Written by Kat Olson, C. Neil Davenport, and Dave DeBorde, the film also contains shades of Home Alone…

‘Dream Scenario’ Review — Nicolas Cage Gets Into People’s Heads

This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.When we first meet Nicolas Cage’s entirely forgettable Paul Matthews in Dream…

‘The Beast’ Review – Léa Seydoux Astounds in Science Fiction Epic

This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.Though it refers to something very different in the context of its…

TIFF 2023: UPROAR Is A Heartwarming And Heartbreaking Story About Not Fitting In

Coming-of-age teen dramas are exceptional when done right. Uproar takes that genre and adds some very specific elements about the New Zealand indigenous culture of the Maori into its story. How a teenage Maori boy comes to terms with his…

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