In Review
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MIFF 2025 Film Review - We Bury the Dead
Zak Hilditch’s We Bury the Dead is a moody, slow-burning horror drama that leans into atmosphere and emotional weight over cheap thrills - and for the most part, it works.
MIFF 2025 Film Review - It Ends
Genre fans looking for a siege of monsters and otherworldly horrors may come away disappointed, but those looking for a more cerebral and borderline ethereal experience will likely find themselves embracing the film and its scrappy charm.
Film Review - Weapons
Every once in a while, a film manages to thread the needle between nerve-shredding horror and sharp, genuinely funny comedy without ever feeling forced or careless. Zach Cregger’s Weapons is resoundingly one of those rare beasts.
MIFF 2025 Film Review - Chain Reactions/The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Chain Reactions is a celebration of the 50 year anniversary of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
MIFF 2025 Film Review - Iron Winter
Iron Winter highlights the hardships for Mongolian herders who will often spend months travelling through the frozen terrain to find areas for their horse herds to graze, while trying to protect them both from the weather and the wolves.
MIFF 2025 Film Review - The End
Musicals and apocalyptic fiction don’t make for particularly common genre pairings, but in his debut fiction work, aptly titled The End (2024), Joshua Oppenheimer fuses the two to Frankensteinian effect.
MIFF 2025 Film Review - Lucky Lu
If you want a reality check on the privileges usually taken for granted in life, Lucky Lu is an interesting piece of art that feels personal and difficult to go through in less than two hours.
MIFF 2025 Film Review - Familiar Touch
Sarah Friedland’s […] contemplative directorial debut, Familiar Touch, [is] a delicately woven 91-minute meditation on memory, ageing, and identity.
Film Review - On Swift Horses
On Swift Horses explores the intersecting relationships of its principal characters but proves too ambitious, stringing together more narrative threads than its two-hour run time can support.
Film Review - Freakier Friday
For the most part […] Freakier Friday succeeds as a sequel and will delight fans both old and new.
Film Review - Together
Together explores the cracks and crevices, the dark and dirty parts of relationships, asking the questions that we’re too afraid to ask ourselves
Scandinavian Film Fest 2025 Review - Number 24
Number 24 is a heart-touching and thought-provoking exploration of the consequences of war, and ultimately philosophical in a quintessentially Nordic way.
Scandinavian Film Fest 2025 Review - Second Victims
Second Victims makes for an impressive directorial debut, offering an often-overlooked insight into the emotional stakes of healthcare workers.
Film Review - Superman
Superman is a soaring and triumphant comic book adaptation that deeply understands its source material and unabashedly celebrates the massive heart of its main hero.
Spanish Film Fest 2025 Review - Marco, the Invented Truth
Marco, the Invented Truth is a stunning, modern drama with award-worthy acting that immerses you into this true, scandalous story.
Film Review - M3GAN 2.0
Blumhouse’s fave bratty ‘bot returns in Gerard Johnstone’s M3GAN 2.0, a sequel that swaps the eerie off-kilter vibes of the original for a broader, brasher techno-thriller.
Film Review - The Shrouds
The Shrouds presents potential by reeling in its audience at the beginning, but then loses its grip on them far too soon.