An Interview with ‘Ghich Pich’ Filmmaker Ankur Singla
‘Ghich Pichโ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker Ankur Singla.
Building the New Queer Canon #6: Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t!’
“Aside from the half-assed plotting, the biggest flaw of ‘Honey Don’t!’ is that even with Cooke’s involvement, the sexuality of the protagonists lacks any sort of perceptive depth, with no inter-character dynamic feeling more lived-in than the plot needs it to be.”
TIFF 2025 Review: รliver Laxeโs โSirฤtโ
“What I really appreciate about ‘Sirฤt’ is Laxeโs constant bucking of expectations.”
TIFF 2025 Review: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachokeโs โA Useful Ghostโ
“As interesting as ‘A Useful Ghost’ is in concept, itโs a typical film by a talented debut artist and storyteller, one with a litany of ideas but no clear voice that brings them together.”
Review: Robert Schwartzman’s ‘Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary’
“Press play on ‘Hung Up on a Dream’ for the music, stay for the wild and interconnected industry stories that span seven decades.”
Review: Joe Begosโ โJimmy and Stiggsโ
“‘Jimmy and Stiggs’ is frenetic, metal AF and feels dangerous, which is something thatโs sadly missing from a lot of modern horror movies.”
EIFF 2025 Review: Mas Bouzidi’s ‘Concessions’
“‘Concessions’ is essentially a collage, taking bits of other films and sticking them together to make something pretty. But it struggles when it comes to time to say something of its own.”
VV Double Review (2/2): Macon Blair’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’ (EIFF)
“‘The Toxic Avenger’ isn’t unpalatable to the mainstream, but it quickly becomes evident why the film was left on the shelf for a couple of years.”
VV Double Review (1/2): Macon Blair’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’
“Blair’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’ does what a great reboot should do — the film carves its own path, in every sense of the word, while paying homage to what came before and taking some big swings along the way.”
An Interview with ‘Moonwalk’ Filmmaker A.K. Vinod
โMoonwalkโ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2025 movie with filmmaker A.K. Vinod.
EIFF 2025 Review: Sepideh Farsi’s ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’
“As a cinematic epitaph for an extraordinary young woman, ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’ more than captures the spirit of Fatima Hassouna.”
EIFF 2025 Review: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne’s ‘The Young Mother’s Home’
“After a few missteps since ‘Two Days, One Night’ became an unlikely crossover success, the Dardennes brothers are back on track with ‘The Young Mother’s Home.’ Itโs their simplest, most open hearted work to date…”
EIFF 2025 Review: Ondine Viรฑao’s ‘Two Neighbors’
“Sadly, ‘Two Neighbors’ turns out to be one of those parties where the people donโt really mix and the event seems to drag on forever.”
EIFF 2025 Review: Jan-Ole Gerster’s ‘Islands’
“‘Islands’ smoothly makes the transition from a romantic drama to an understated thriller, and itโs utterly intoxicating.”
Review: Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’
“Cregger is less interested in the ways in which his characters rise to the occasion in ‘Weapons’ and more concerned with how they fall short at the worst possible moment.”
Review: Audrey Lam’s ‘Us and the Night’
“Even when Lamโs dialogue falters in its poetic consistency, her down-to-earth editing and dedication to minimalism hits the mark, as ‘Us and the Night’ embodies true-blue independent filmmaking.”
The ‘Night of the Juggler’ 4K Restoration Highlights Why We Love New York-Set Movies
“Robert Butlerโs ‘Night of the Juggler’ isn’t the best New York City film ever made, but it might be the best cinematic representation of the location.”
Building the New Queer Canon #5: Dag Johan Haugerudโs Sex/Dreams/Love Trilogy
“Gradually, the Sex/Dreams/Love trilogy redefines queerness as a process of self-discovery which can always evolve, rather than an ill-fitting label youโre stuck with after a single formative experience.”
An Interview with ‘Victoria’ Filmmaker Sivaranjini J
โVictoriaโ Interview: Dipankar Sarkar discusses the 2024 movie with filmmaker Sivaranjini J.
Review: Sophie Brooks’ ‘Oh, Hi!’
“‘Oh, Hi!’ positions Gordon as the next Lena Dunham, Greta Gerwig or maybe — to quote Will Ferrell’s Frank from ‘Old School’ (2003) — ‘something really cool that I don’t even know about.'”