MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Skinny Sister (2015)
byIt’s sadly all too common for women in Western society to experience body image concerns. In a culture where thin is in, and beauty is…
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MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Guest (2014)
byThe Guest, directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, is a hilariously bonkers ride. It starts off innocently enough: a man arrives…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: James White (2015)
byIn James White, director and screenwriter Josh Mond has created an understated character study of a man struggling to cope with his father’s death…
MIFF 2015: Film Review: Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
byHow does one approach reviewing a film like Yakuza Apocalypse? Directed by Takashi Miike and with a screenplay by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, the film could be…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Invitation (2015)
byIt has been quite a while since a thriller as taut and superbly crafted as The Invitation has come along. Written by Phil Hay…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Golden Days (2015)
byThere is a messiness to youth, and how we remember it, that is visceral, often indescribable. This is my first encounter with French director…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Phoenix (2014)
byChristian Petzold has created a moving and intriguing tale of betrayal and reclaimed identity in Phoenix, a fascinating noir mystery that should prove one of…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Phoenix (2014)
byAmongst the ruins of post-WWII Germany, writer and director Christian Petzold has created a restrained, tense thriller in his film Phoenix. The war has…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Witch (2015)
byThere is a (excuse the pun) bewitching quality about The Witch, directed and written by Robert Eggers, that renders this horror film both deeply unsettling…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Cartel Land (2015)
byIn Cartel Land, director Matthew Heineman provides a terrifying look at the ongoing drug cartel crisis in Mexico by telling the stories of two…