Film Review: Leave No Trace (2018)
byWritten by Louise Agostino Originally published 20 August 2018 Leave No Trace is a new film by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), which has a…
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Film Review: Under the Shadow (2016)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 3 October 2016 The Iran-Iraq war started in September of 1980 and lasted eight years. An estimated one…
MIFF 2016 Film Review: Operation Avalanche (2016)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 14 August 2016 No one will think it’s fake because how insane would this be? There’s an excellent…
Film Review: Sherpa (2015)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 29 March 2016 6:45am 18th April 2014. A massive chunk of glacial ice collapsed over the main climbing…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Skinny Sister (2015)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 20 August 2015 It’s sadly all too common for women in Western society to experience body image concerns. In…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Guest (2014)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 20 August 2015 The Guest, directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, is a hilariously bonkers…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: James White (2015)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 20 August 2015 In James White, director and screenwriter Josh Mond has created an understated character study of…
MIFF 2015: Film Review: Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 19 August 2015 How does one approach reviewing a film like Yakuza Apocalypse? Directed by Takashi Miike and…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Invitation (2015)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 19 August 2015 It has been quite a while since a thriller as taut and superbly crafted as…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Golden Days (2015)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 19 August 2015 There is a messiness to youth, and how we remember it, that is visceral, often…