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Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE ASSESSMENT & EMILIA PEREZ
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE ASSESSMENT & EMILIA PÉREZ

Both The Assessment and Emilia Pérez demonstrate the versatility of a festival like TIFF, which is always inclusive of all genres and subgenres of cinema.

Horrific Inquiry: FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II

For this Horrific Inquiry we take a look back at Friday the 13th, Part II!

SUBSERVIENCE: M3gan Fox

While Subservience knows how to deploy its star, it still can’t fully live up to the promise of this meta-premise or her talents as a performer.

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.

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.

ALIEN: ROMULUS: A Love Letter to the Alien Franchise, With Mixed Results
ALIEN: ROMULUS: A Love Letter to the Alien Franchise, With Mixed Results

Nostalgia aside, Álvarez also has a knack for elaborate production design in addition to building intense action sequences and engaging characters.

SUNNY: Apple's Promising Kyoto-Set Dark Comedy Brings Mixed Feelings
SUNNY: Apple’s Promising Kyoto-Set Dark Comedy Brings Mixed Feelings

Sunny had a striking opportunity to tackle a growing reality, but it only gets part of the way there before reverting to genre mechanisms.

THE CONVERSATION: Coppola's Eavesdropping Thriller Still Full of Bravura at 50
THE CONVERSATION: Coppola’s Eavesdropping Thriller Still Full of Bravura at 50

Rialto Pictures is distributing a 4K restoration of The Conversation in honor of the 50th anniversary of its original theatrical release.

The Penguin Trailer 1
THE PENGUIN TRAILER 1

Following the events of “The Batman,” Oswald “Oz” Cobblepot is a gangster aiming to rise to the top of the criminal underworld in “The Penguin.”

SHE CAME BACK: A Haunting Fusion of Drama and Suspense
SHE CAME BACK: A Haunting Fusion of Drama and Suspense

She Came Back is a well-crafted horror film that leverages powerhouse performances and exceptional storytelling to create a memorable experience.

TRAP: A Concert You'll Want To Bail
TRAP: A Concert You’ll Want To Bail

Trap is a movie seemingly gift-wrapped for greatness that eventually crumbles under its own logic.

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!

Almost None: Revisiting SALTBURN
Almost None: Revisiting SALTBURN

Despite its issues, I find the movie an uncomfortably entrancing tale of desire, one that I will continue to return to for years to come.

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: 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.