Film Review: Félix and Meira (2014)
byFélix and Meira is a love story. It is neither groundbreaking nor particularly exciting, it must be said. However, there is a haunted tone that director…
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Film Review: Youth (2015)
byAfter his Oscar winning critical darling The Great Beauty, Italian writer/director Paolo Sorrentino delivers another masterpiece with Youth, a meditation on what it means…
Film Review: The Bélier Family (2014)
byThe Bélier Family is a fairly typical take on the family drama, with one rather interesting twist. With the exception of teen daughter Paula (Louane Emera),…
Film Review: The Look of Silence (2014)
byThe Look of Silence is the second documentary from director Joshua Oppenheimer to examine the mass genocide in Indonesia in the late 1960s. It…
Film Review: The Crow’s Egg (2014)
byNot every film has to be a spectacle. Sometimes it’s nice to see a simple story told really well. The Crow’s Egg (Kaaka Muttai)…
Film Review: The Assassin (2015)
byThe latest film from world cinema auteur Hsiao-Hsien Hou will not be to everyone’s tastes. Those expecting a period martial arts extravaganza in the…
Film Review: Love (2015)
byLove is the latest film from director Gaspar Noe, famous (or infamous?) for Irréversible (2002) and Enter the Void (2009). Love features explicit, non-simulated…
Film Review: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
byA Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is the third film in a trilogy from Swedish director Roy Andersson. It follows his…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Skinny Sister (2015)
byIt’s sadly all too common for women in Western society to experience body image concerns. In a culture where thin is in, and beauty is…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Golden Days (2015)
byThere is a messiness to youth, and how we remember it, that is visceral, often indescribable. This is my first encounter with French director…