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Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA & EDEN
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA & EDEN

For his first report from Toronto International Film Festival, Wilson Kwong looks at two films based on true events.

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.

New York Asian Film Festival 2024: PATTAYA HEAT, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN &BRUSH OF THE GOD
New York Asian Film Festival 2024: PATTAYA HEAT, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN & BRUSH OF THE GOD

From this year’s New York Asian Film Festival we take a look at Pattaya Heat, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In & Brush of the God!

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: WITCHES
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: WITCHES

Witches may not be the most talked about film at this year’s festival, but it is certainly the most vital.

MY SWEET LAND: A Somber Warning Call To History, Past, Present, and Future
MY SWEET LAND: A Somber Warning Call To History, Past, Present, and Future

My Sweet Land is a somber warning call that its events are not contained in one place or time, they are the story of humanity.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: BEACON

For the viewer who doesn’t mind overt imitation– Beacon, with its twists, turns, and choppy seas, may hold some interest.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: THEY'RE HERE
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: THEY’RE HERE

They’re Here will struggle to connect to its audience, too often feeling as though it is attempting to only reach others whose experiences matches its own.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: THE DEVIL'S BATH
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: THE DEVIL’S BATH

Ultimately, though the package may feel familiar, The Devil’s Bath still has cogent ideas to share.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: BRATS: A Nostalgic Odyssey Back To The 1980s
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: BRATS: A Nostalgic Odyssey Back To The 1980s

Brats is a reminder old wounds can calcify and scab over turning into the foundation for something all the more beautiful.

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!

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: VULCANIZADORA
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: VULCANIZADORA

The overall effect is an icky jumble, at once anesthetizing and agitating, languorous and frenetic, a cinematic case of acid reflux.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: GHOST TRAIL & BLACK DOG
Cannes Film Festival 2024: GHOST TRAIL & BLACK DOG

Jonathan Millet’s Ghost Trail and Guan Hu’s Black Dog both tackle serious subject matter with subdued restraint.

SXSW Film Festival 2024: BIRDEATER
SXSW Film Festival 2024: BIRDEATER

A skill that speaks to a seasoned directing team, but as a debut feature Birdeater tests and tortures, and doesn’t waver.

SXSW Film Festival 2024: ROAD HOUSE, MONKEY MAN & THE FALL GUY
SXSW Film Festival 2024: ROAD HOUSE, MONKEY MAN & THE FALL GUY

Three of the biggest headliners this year’s SXSW Film Festival are action movies, featuring some of the craziest fist fights seeen on the big screen.

Glasgow Film Festival 2024: JERICHO RIDGE

Jericho Ridge is indeed a B-movie take on Assault on Precinct 13, coupled with plenty of Carpenter style flourishes which show Gilbey did his homework.