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HERETIC: An Admirable But Empty Puzzlebox 
HERETIC: An Admirable But Empty Puzzlebox 

While it may be highly satisfying to watch while its puzzlebox is winding through its narrative gears, Heretic is a box with nothing hidden inside.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: Director/Writer Sook-Yin Lee Of PAYING FOR IT
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: Director/Writer Sook-Yin Lee Of PAYING FOR IT

Film Inquiry soke with director Sook-Yin Lee really for the TIFF film Paying For it.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: SHEPHERDS (BERGERS) & THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR & SHEPHERDS (BERGERS)

On this TIFF report, Kristy Strouse reviews The Mother and the Bear and Shepherds – two unforgettable films on a path to self discovery.

MATT AND MARA: Screaming (Emotional) Infidelities
MATT AND MARA: Screaming (Emotional) Infidelities

Matt and Mara is the kind of film where, on the surface, it might seem that nothing is happening, but even the smallest moments can impact.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: PAYING FOR IT
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: PAYING FOR IT

An unexpected and comical disclosure of one couple’s path, Paying For it leaves a lingering impression.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: SHOOK
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: SHOOK

Wala has crafted a fine story, and impresses in his feature film debut with the TIFF film: Shook.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP, BABES, TEACHES OF PEACHES, SASQUATCH SUNSET & WAKE UP
Melbourne International Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP, BABES, TEACHES OF PEACHES, SASQUATCH SUNSET & WAKE UP

The Melbourne International Film Festival is in its 72nd year with a program of global features, shorts, documentaries, VR experiences, and classic movies.

RED ROOMS: Half Sick Of Shadows Online
RED ROOMS: Half Sick Of Shadows Online

Red Rooms is hypnotic, eerie, enticing, and undeniably repulsive, a procedural with the stifling rhythms of an addiction story or a dream.

A Quiet Place Day One — source: Paramount Pictures
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE: Michael Sarnoski Efficiently Tears Apart NYC

Forty-five years after Alien, cat people finally have a new horror movie with Michael Sarnoski’s “A Quiet Place: Day One.”

LONGLEGS: A Cinematic Embodiment Of The Cruel And The Uncanny
LONGLEGS: A Cinematic Embodiment Of The Cruel And The Uncanny

Overall, Longlegs is well-directed, artistically apt, and really, really suspenseful.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY, BAM BAM: THE SISTER NANCY STORY & THE WEEKEND
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY, BAM BAM: THE SISTER NANCY STORY & THE WEEKEND

From Tribeca Film Festival 2024, Soham Gadre takes a look at CHAMPIONS OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY, BAM BAM: THE SISTER NANCY STORY & THE WEEKEND!

CURL POWER: Strength In Unity
CURL POWER: Strength In Unity

Curl Power has a deep awareness of the bonds of sisterhood that exist between the girls, yet is clever enough to also understand their individuality.

HUMANE: Caitlin Joins The Cronenberg Family Business
HUMANE: Caitlin Joins The Cronenberg Family Business

A timely horror satire chock full of gore and guffaws, Humane entertains in spite of its flaws.

Glasgow Film Festival 2024: THE BURNING SEASON
Glasgow Film Festival 2024: THE BURNING SEASON

The Burning Season is an intricately told story of secrets, guilt, and lust, anchored by great chemistry between its co-stars, and a satisfying script.

"I Try To Find The Humanity That I Still Have Hope We All Have": Interview with Karl R. Hearne and Dale Dickey for The G
Glasgow Film Festival 2024: THE G

While occasionally veering into an overly complicated and opaque narrative structure, The G is a fun genre thriller with an incredible performance.