“…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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“The presentation works well in conjunction with the story to make the unsettling nature of the film creep in slowly and arrest your attention.”
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“…the acting - especially from the younger cast members - is spot on.”
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“[Essie Davis and Thomasin McKenzie] are highlights in a story that is built for - and succeeds at - leaving a strong impression on audiences.”
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“[W]hat See For Me accomplishes is extremely calculated; the film is always laser-focused on finding where the next thrill can come from and how it can be reshaped before it is delivered.”
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Taylor Baker from Drink In The Movies. Matthew Simpson from Awesome Friday. And Taylor Beaumont and Thomas Stoneham-Judge here on ForReel. It’s an all-star ensemble discussing what we’re looking forward to most at Tribeca Film Festival 2021.
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Zack Snyder as a new movie on Netflix. It’s got zombies. It’s got violence. It’s got Dave Bautista being Dave Bautista. Is the film as good as it should be? Hear Thomas and Tim talk with guest Matthew Simpson from Awesome Friday about this action packed flick.
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“Neuvonen’s documentary thus becomes a means of revisiting and reflecting on the dark, sorted corners his friend once used to tread—chasing a ghost—and an attempting to sift through the detritus of distorted memories and morbid footage to uncover some sense of “truth” or sense behind his passing.”
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“Narration from Isadore happens throughout the course of the film, but it’s not aimed at the audience. Rather, he’s talking directly to this ex-boyfriend - spoken with great prose and worded for optimal impact.”
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“Mortal Kombat rights many wrongs from the previous adaptations; most notably the films R rating.”
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“From a Western perspective, issues facing India only seem to make it on the radar if situations have gotten dire … and so Writing with Fire adopts an easily digestible style that brings to the fore the lesser-known, less digestible news stories that don’t typically reach us.
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“Any Given Day ultimately becomes about laying yourself bare, and both Margaret and her subjects should be commended for their strength and perseverance in sharing an especially tumultuous and taxing five-year period of their lives.”
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“Come Back Anytime is about savouring the time that we have, and about the community that savours with you when the time you have made for yourself is a product of passion, love, and play.”
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SOMEONE LIKE ME had its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021, and Thomas Stoneham-Judge had the chance ahead of the festival to talk with Steve and Sean about the challenges in making this documentary, and what they learned in the process.
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Thomas Stoneham-Judge had the chance to speak with director Danny Madden and leading cast Shirley Chen, Jose Angeles, and Will Madden, to discuss the messages in the film and how it was made.
“Archipelago (Archipel) is a spellbinding experiment with words, animated images, and occasional snippets of archival footage, combined to often transfixing effect as the island clusters of the director’s native Quebec are surveyed across time and channelled psychically.”
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We've got the whole crew - Thomas, Taylor, and Tim - to talk about select Oscar nominees with Austin Belzer.
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