SDAFF 2023: Waiting for the Light to Change
Waiting for the Light to Change is one of the most powerful films of the year.
AFI Fest 2023: Freud’s Last Session
While there is clear potential within Freud’s Last Session, the film gets lost in its ambition and various perspectives.
TIFF 2023: How to Have Sex
The layers, restraint, emotional depth and ultimately execution of this venture is exemplary to a degree that it’s almost astonishing to note
San Sebastian 2023: Gamma Rays
Gamma Rays is a feature that doesn’t shy away from severity and seriousness
TIFF 2023: The Settlers ‘Los Colons’
Los Colons is the atypical feature from a film festival
Venice 2023: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
A surprisingly soulful outing that twists the conventional tale and lore of its subject with authentic and ironic human endeavours
Venice 2023: Vivants
It is quite hard to tell what Vivants is and wants to say
Venice 2023: The Captain
Provides a fresh and much-needed new take on the theme of migration
Venice 2023: God is a Woman (Dieu est une femme)
God is a Woman is genuinely breathtaking to witness
TIFF 2023: Spirit of Ecstasy (La Vénus d'argent)
Spirit of Ecstasy is quintessentially French angst
Venice 2023: Shadow of Fire
Shadow of Fire incredible piece of cinema that deserves far more love and recognition.
Venice 2023: Poor Things
Poor Things ends up being one of the most important things to come out this year.
Venice 2023: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is bound to become a new genre classic!
Venice 2023: Aggro Dr1ft
Aggro Dr1ft is nowhere near as fun or vibrant as the director's more famous Spring Breakers.
FANTASIA 2023: Sympathy for the Devil
Sympathy for the Devil sets the viewer up for what essentially – much like the character contextually – is a wild ride
Outfest 2023: Break the Game
Within Break the Game is an incredibly important and needed conversation surrounding internet culture, but the film sadly fails to take full advantage of this conversation and live up to its own potential.
Cannes 2023: Légua
Légua is, no doubt, poetic and poignant in its showcasing of circumstances
Cannes 2023: L’autre Laurens (The Other Laurens)
Claude Schmitz crafts an engaging, dynamic drama that intertwines two warring generations
Cannes 2023: Vincent doit mourir (Vincent Must Die)
Vincent doit mourir (Vincent Must Die) is an often chaotic, spiralling, climatic and thrilling episode of genuine paranoia
Berlinale 2023: Passages
Passages would not work as well as it does if it were not for the rich, sensual texture of its setting.