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SWANS - WHERE DOES A BODY END?: Swans and the Glowing Man
SWANS – WHERE DOES A BODY END?: Swans and the Glowing Man

While Swans – Where Does A Body End? will be streaming on Amazon Prime, this a movie that should be played as loud as possible.

Toronto International Film Festival 2020: PIECES OF A WOMAN: A Veristic Portrait Of Grief Bolstered By Its Star
TIFF 2020: PIECES OF A WOMAN: A Veristic Portrait Of Grief Bolstered By Its Star

Pieces of a is nevertheless chock-full of indelible moments; ones that help you ride out its harsher sequences with earnest warmth and genuine care.

POSSESSOR: A Brilliant, Blood Soaked Techno-Thriller
POSSESSOR: A Brilliant, Blood Soaked Techno-Thriller

Deep down, what Possessor offers isn’t just violence and shock value, but has real ideas about identity and capitalism.

NYFF 2020: NIGHT OF THE KINGS: Storytelling Magic
NYFF 2020: NIGHT OF THE KINGS: Storytelling Magic

Night of the Kings explores how rituals, traditions, and stories can give people reasons to live even in the darkest times.

TIFF 2020: VIOLATION and BEANS
TIFF 2020: VIOLATION and BEANS

Wilson Kwong reviews Dusty Mancinelli & Madeleine Sims-Fewer’s Violation and Tracey Deer’s Beans as part of our TIFF 2020 coverage.

Toronto International Film Festival 2020: Interview With Director And Writer Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli of VIOLATION
Toronto International Film Festival 2020: Interview With Director And Writer Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli of VIOLATION

Wilson Kwong spoke with Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli about their creative process in bringing such an important story to the big screen.

Toronto International Film Festival 2020: AKILLA’S ESCAPE
Toronto International Film Festival 2020: AKILLA’S ESCAPE

Charles Officer’s film Akilla’s Escape is an engaging and hypnotic look at a young man’s attempt to break away from a violent lifestyle.

MATTHIAS & MAXIME: Xavier Dolan's Most Tender & Open Film To Date
MATTHIAS & MAXIME: Xavier Dolan’s Most Tender & Open Film To Date

Matthias & Maxime, Xavier Dolan’s most open and tender film to date, sees him reclaiming his wunderkind status as a director once again.

Frightfest Film Festival 2020: Interview with Francesco Giannini, Director of THE HALL
FrightFest Film Festival 2020: Interview with Francesco Giannini, Director of THE HALL

Stephanie Archer had the opportunity to speak with the Francesco Giannini about his film The Hall.

Queerly Ever After #34: MAMBO ITALIANO (2003)
Queerly Ever After #34: MAMBO ITALIANO (2003)

Mambo Italiano is a comedy so broad and uncommitted it doesn’t know what to do with itself, leaving much to be desired.

Frightfest Film Festival 2020: Interview with Francesco Giannini, Director of THE HALL
Frightfest Film Festival 2020: THE HALL

Heightened by its mirroring of current events, The Hall is an incredibly exhilarating ride you won’t want to get off of.

NAIL IN THE COFFIN: THE FALL AND RISE OF VAMPIRO: The Dark Side of the Ring
NAIL IN THE COFFIN: THE FALL AND RISE OF VAMPIRO: The Dark Side of the Ring

A very human story everyone can relate to, Nail in the Coffin is a strong, documentary with a very big heart and a very bloody mouth.

Fantasia Film Festival 2020: YANKEE
Fantasia Film Festival 2020: YANKEE

Yankee won’t be a film that pleases everyone, but its flaws don’t necessarily tarnish what is an otherwise solid effort from a budding filmmaker.

Fantasia Film Festival 2020: CLAPBOARD JUNGLE: SURVIVING THE INDEPENDENT FILM BUSINESS
Fantasia Film Festival 2020: CLAPBOARD JUNGLE: SURVIVING THE INDEPENDENT FILM BUSINESS

Clapboard Jungle crafts a vitally important piece of cinema that will certainly resonate with anyone who has an appreciation for the art form itself.

RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE: A Bloody & Nightmarish Road Trip You Don't Wanna Miss
RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE: A Bloody & Nightmarish Road Trip You Don’t Wanna Miss

While reluctant to dive deeper into the effects of violence in the media, Random Acts of Violence offers plenty of fun to make it unmissable.