“The character development that ensues in Émilie, Camille, Nora, and Amber is a marvel to behold…”
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“…demand for experiencing Memoria is sure to be feverish - and I’m obliged to add fuel to that fire.”
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“The In-Laws is a wholly surprising and galvanizing time at the movies, equal parts shock and delight, that is sure to unite crowds in unanimous laughter and applause.”
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“Hansen-Løve’s film […] is a dramatically subdued affair, but one that reveals a flowering complexity through its multi-layered approach to storytelling and its humane ruminations on the islands we forge for creative fulfillment amongst personal disillusionment.”
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“Each of the fight scenes are beautifully shot and well choreographed.”
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“…it’s the style and elegance infused into many of the technical aspects of this film by writer and director Haya Waseem that makes this production abundantly praiseworthy.”
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“…Encounter ultimately proves to be a tense and emotionally gripping ride.”
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“[Justine] Bateman earns substantial praise for tackling this subject matter in the bold and courageous way that she does in Violet.”
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“All the Moons is slower-paced vampire fare, and short on the grisly thrills that fans of the genre have come to love, but it is thick with the genre’s intoxicating moroseness, and an almost storybook-like structure with distinct phases.”
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“The dark comedy aspect of the film is an asset to the entertainment value.”
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“McKie enlisted real dancers in the Tokyo scene for his film, and it is both exhilarating and enlightening to see how the dance styles of popping, locking, voguing, krumping and more express themselves with Tokyo’s modern hip-hop disciples.”
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“…meticulous attention to detail…brisk pacing, and the comedic interactions between the characters lends this film to being easily rewatchable.”
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“Hotel Poseidon arrives at Fantasia International a mold and muck-ridden disasterpiece of nightmare cinema.”
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“Reece yanks at the strings behind Agnes with devilish glee, and builds upon the chops he earned in his previous two horrors to make Agnes his most spellbinding and formally refined picture yet.”
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“This is what distinguishes Some Kind of Intimacy from other short-form non-fiction; how the conceptual, the physical, and the emotional aspects of the film blend to curate a sense of serenity which naturally inspires contemplation.”
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“Blind Ambition is a feel-good and affirming documentary that speaks volumes to the conviction we invent as we reconcile traditions ingrained with those discovered, Old World with New World.”
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“All the characters of the film are pawns—to a certain extent—and this is where the film taps into an unmistakably “sci-fi” brand of dread, its world’s technology distorting conceptions of autonomy and selfhood into the horror of something unknown.”
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“…[Wyatt] Rockefeller’s first foray into feature length narrative filmmaking delivers on many respectable fronts.”
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“…the film’s tightly framed shots convey with lurid detail the strain Alex enacts on her body during row sessions; the film’s set pieces abstracting place and time into pure sweat and adrenaline.”
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“Through Samay’s story—his toying with coloured lenses and his fashioning of a sewing machine-powered shutter for his projector—our interest and appreciation for projection and the filmmaking process is renewed.”
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