Film Review
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Venice 2026: A day in the life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (dir. Jacqueline Lentzou) | Review
Jacqueline Lentzou ventures into the consciousness through perceptive filmmaking, reaching the inner depths of the psyche and cinematic form in…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Venice 2026: Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion (dir. María Aparicio) | Review
Winning the top prize at this year’s Giornate delgli Autori, María Aparicio’s pensive film explores the labor history from a…
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TIFF 2026
TIFF 2026: Diary of a Mad Old Man (dir. Wayne Wang) | Review
Lily Franky and Fan Bingbing step out of their comfort zones entirely in Wayne Wang’s melodramatic, twisted yet whimsical portrait…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
TIFF 2026: The World Before (dir. Yoon Dan-bi) | Review
Platform Selection "The World Before" is a coming-of-age quest done tactfully by Yoon Dan-bi in a humane, affectionate presentation of…
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Spotlight: Middle Eastern Filmmakers
TIFF 2026: Djinn Wedding (dir. Ferit Karahan) | Review
Gritty, fresh, and atmospherically offbeat. Ferit Karahan conducts a peculiar study of angels and demons within humans through surrealistic mazes.…
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TIFF 2026
TIFF 2026: Salvation (dir. Tom Nicoll) | Review
Luck is a nasty pal. Actor Liam Harkins plays the poisonous snake and shaky ladder of his own life with…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Venice 2026: Lovers in the Blue Night (dir. Anuparna Roy) | Review
The tranquil blue that veils tenderness in the middle of Mumbai’s progression gets exposed in Anuparna Roy’s meticulous approach to…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Venice 2026: Big Little Things (dir. Michelle Zhou) | Review
Two roses, close and wounded — their thorns catching at each other. Director Michelle Zhou holds us close to the…
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TIFF 2026
TIFF 2026: Toy Gun Bandit (dir. Rémi St-Michel) | Review
A stranger in need is trouble indeed. Rémi St-Michel’s "Toy Gun Bandit" is an adrenaline-driven crime gala that speaks to…
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Venice Film Festival 2026
Venice 2026: Dear Ajayi (dir. Damilola Orimogunje) | Review
In Nigeria and across much of Africa, the path to womanhood is often placed at two opposite ends of the…
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