George Lewis 10/4/20 George Lewis 10/4/20

LFF 2020: The Painter and the Thief

After a really promising start, one can’t help but feel like they’ve been robbed of something special

Kyle Gaffney 10/4/20 Kyle Gaffney 10/4/20

LFF 2020: Mogul Mowgli

Mogul Mowgli beautifully explores a seemingly deeply personal concept for both Ahmed and Tariq, yet it is a narrative that many will resonate with

Jak Luke Sharp 10/4/20 Jak Luke Sharp 10/4/20

TIFF 2020: After Love

A film that dips its toes a little too deep in a self-indulgent existential crisis

Alina Faulds 10/4/20 Alina Faulds 10/4/20

The Broken Hearts Gallery

The Broken Hearts Gallery neatly finds its place among the plethora of other romantic comedies

Carson Timar 10/4/20 Carson Timar 10/4/20

TIFF 2020: Akilla's Escape

Akilla’s Escape is one of these unique perspectives that, despite exploring familiar themes, stands out with its own unique identity

George Lewis 10/3/20 George Lewis 10/3/20

The Eight Hundred

The Eight Hundred, an extravagant Chinese war-drama from Guan Hu, has quietly become the highest-grossing film of the year

Robert Dixon 10/3/20 Robert Dixon 10/3/20

ARROW FRIGHTFEST (digital): Hall

Hall instantly runs into multiple unavoidable stumbling blocks

Kevin Whyte 10/3/20 Kevin Whyte 10/3/20

Antebellum

Antebellum is a questionable, wasted opportunity and total waste of time

Alina Faulds 10/2/20 Alina Faulds 10/2/20

The Walrus and The Whistleblower

The Walrus and The Whistleblower is always a wild ride

Kyle Gaffney 10/2/20 Kyle Gaffney 10/2/20

#Alive

#Alive, while not offering enough to earn it a spot in the top class of the zombie genre, presents a familiar yet tense narrative

Jak Luke Sharp 10/2/20 Jak Luke Sharp 10/2/20

TIFF 2020: 180° Rule

180 Degree Rule is a slow but assured melodramatic and haunting drama

Jak Luke Sharp 10/2/20 Jak Luke Sharp 10/2/20

BIFF 2020: Los Conductos

An existential and ambiguous – albeit enthralling – spectacle of a tale

Carson Timar 10/1/20 Carson Timar 10/1/20

NYFF 2020: Hopper/Welles

Hopper/Welles is something projects like Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood can only dream

Robert Dixon 10/1/20 Robert Dixon 10/1/20

ARROW FRIGHTFEST (digital): They're Outside

They’re Outside attempts to evoke a modern social influencer twist on the meta-textual elements of production

Omar Franini 10/1/20 Omar Franini 10/1/20

NYFF 2020: Malmkrog

Malmkrog constitutes a fascinating yet austere experience

Alina Faulds 10/1/20 Alina Faulds 10/1/20

TIFF 2020: Concrete Cowboy

Concrete Cowboy is a beautiful neo-western that toys with different genres

George Lewis 9/30/20 George Lewis 9/30/20

Savage

Amidst all the blood, brawn and profanity, there’s an undercurrent of warmth in Savage, a feature-debut by New Zealand director Sam Kelly

Oliver Swift 9/30/20 Oliver Swift 9/30/20

Ava

Disgustingly lacklustre and off genre, this action thriller has dull action and zero thrills

Alina Faulds 9/29/20 Alina Faulds 9/29/20

TIFF 2020: Good Joe Bell

Good Joe Bell is a failure for anyone even remotely plugged into the LGBTQ+ community

Alina Faulds 9/28/20 Alina Faulds 9/28/20

TIFF 2020: Beans

Beans is a film that is demanding Canadians to wake up and listen to its First Nations peoples