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Film, TV & Music • Independent • Forming the Future

Review: Alex Andre’s ‘Pratfall’

By Q.V. Hough on June 5, 2023

Crime Scene #4: ‘Amsterdamned’ – The City Is Always Sinking

By Fedor Tot on June 1, 2023

An Interview with ‘Lords of Lockdown’ Filmmaker Mihir Fadnavis

By Dipankar Sarkar on May 30, 2023

Review: Nicole Holofcener’s ‘You Hurt My Feelings’

By Kevin Fox, Jr. on May 25, 2023

Review: Ryan Stevens Harris’ ‘Moon Garden’

By Q.V. Hough on May 23, 2023

Review: Joe Lo Truglio’s ‘Outpost’

By Joey Keogh on May 18, 2023

Vague Visages Is FilmStruck: Jeremy Carr on Louis Malle’s ‘Black Moon’

By Jeremy Carr on September 22, 2017

“Communication — or the lack thereof — is key to ‘Black Moon.’”

‘Rat Film’: Light and Dirt, Cinema and Rodents

By Anthony Dominguez on September 21, 2017

“The past informs the present.”

Ty Segall Goes Acoustic at Toronto’s Night Owl Festival

By Leslie Hatton on September 19, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“As Segall’s self-assurance increased, so did his funny banter.”

TIFF 2017 Capsule Reviews

By Marshall Shaffer on September 18, 2017

TIFF 2017: ‘Dark River,’ ‘Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc,’ ‘Alanis,’ ‘Beast,’ ‘Occidental’

Dead Kennedys at TIFF 2017: The Rise of a New Zeitgeist

By Marshall Shaffer on September 14, 2017

“Step aside, LBJ, your time in the spotlight is done.”

Zama Movie Review - 2017 Lucrecia Martel Film

TIFF 2017 Review: Lucrecia Martel’s ‘Zama’

By Dan Schindel on September 13, 2017

“‘Zama’ is the kind of historical film that refuses to concede even the smallest positivity to the history in question.”

TIFF 2017 Review: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’

By Marshall Shaffer on September 12, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

“Guillermo del Toro may very well be cinema’s reigning master of monster mythology.”

TIFF 2017 Review (Wavelengths): Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel’s ‘Caniba’

By Marshall Shaffer on September 11, 2017

“Have they never heard of negative space?”

TIFF 2017 Review: Govinda Van Maele’s ‘Gutland’

By Jutta Brendemuehl on September 11, 2017

“The brooding ominousness Van Maele plays with throughout seems to run through many of this year’s European offerings.”

Andy Muschietti’s ‘It’ Struggles with Adaptation

By Mike Thorn on September 11, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“As an adaptation of a great 20th century novel, ‘It’ completely misses the mark.”

TIFF 2017 Review: Alexander Payne’s ‘Downsizing’

By Dan Schindel on September 10, 2017

“‘Downsizing’ thinks it has big ideas, but artistically and intellectually, it’s as small as its protagonists.”

TIFF 2017 Review: Michael Haneke’s ‘Happy End’

By Dan Schindel on September 8, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“In ‘Happy End,’ writer/director Michael Haneke coalesces several of his recurring fixations.”

TIFF 2017 Review (Wavelengths): Denis Côté’s ‘A Skin So Soft’

By Marshall Shaffer on September 8, 2017

“There’s an odd fraternity in their grease rubdowns and muscle worship.”

The Return of ‘Twin Peaks’ and the Pleasures of a Myopic Anomaly

By Jake Pitre on September 6, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

“I felt challenged to endure something so terrifying, so relentlessly destabilizing. I felt fear.”

The Woman and the Puppet: On Abel Ferrara’s ‘New Rose Hotel’

By James Slaymaker on September 5, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“Her power lies in her opaqueness.”

Photo Essay: ‘Campaign Trail 2016 / Bill Clinton in Fargo’ by Q.V. Hough

By Q.V. Hough on September 2, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

“Welcome to Fargo, Bill. No security, no problem.”

Vague Visages Is FilmStruck: Jeremy Carr on David Lean’s ‘This Happy Breed’

By Jeremy Carr on August 31, 2017

“It is, quite simply, one of the most engaging and most charming movies ever made.”

Adrenaline and Virtuosic Filmmaking: Hal Ashby’s ‘8 Million Ways to Die’

By Brian Brems on August 30, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

“It’s not the edge of the knife — it’s the business end of the blade.”

The Sadness of Desert Trolls: On Robert Altman’s ‘3 Women’

By Clayton Schuster on August 29, 2017

“Altman balances searing interpersonal conflicts with a visual rhythm that’s downright whimsical.”

Devious Dialogues: Mike Thorn and A.M. Stanley on ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Franchise

By Mike Thorn on August 28, 2017

Mike and Anya submitted this draft on August 25, 2017 — one day before Tobe Hooper passed away at age 74.

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