Feature photo credit: (L-R): Madison Taylor Baez as Eleanor and Ian Foreman as Isaiah in LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, "Anything for Blood". Photo Credit: Francisco Roman/SHOWTIME. Like Jim Mickle's 2013 We Are What We Are and Luca Guadagnino's 2018 Suspiria, Showtime's Let the Right One In is more a successful reimagining than a remake... Continue Reading →
Bones and All: Gnawing at the Dark Underbelly of Class
Young love often appears in the cinema as tender, idealistic and bittersweet, but it rarely terrifies and goes against the grain. In Bones and All, two young people brought together by their taste for human flesh hit all these notes in the best way possible. Maren (Taylor Russell) is an 18-year-old living with her dad... Continue Reading →
The Inspection
The relationship between church and state is an interesting one, but when you aren’t part of a heteronormative world, it becomes a major obstacle to worship or serve your country. It’s no secret that many faiths don’t accept the LGBTQ+ community, and when worshippers are openly gay, they are often shunned. This dilemma is highlighted... Continue Reading →
BLK: An Origin Story Makes an Untold History Known
As a Black Canadian with Caribbean heritage, I know some of my family's origins, coming from India, Africa, the Indigenous tribes of the Caribbean and white colonialists. To connect the dots to the lineage would be a huge undertaking, but at least I'm aware of some of my family's background. But what if you're a... Continue Reading →
She Paradise
Black women deal with a perpetual struggle to be seen. And with that struggle comes how we see ourselves and how we are presented, which manifest differently to each observer. As we fight to wave our empowerment flag, some may see it as a signal to attack or that we are prey, things to be... Continue Reading →
TIFF 2021: Saloum
With a mix of horror and western genres, Jean Luc Herbulot's Saloum spotlights unlikely heroes, traditional beliefs and a whole lotta action to grace any film fanatic's eyeballs. Chaka (Yann Gael), Raffa (Roger Sallah), and Minuit (Mentor Ba) are a trio called the Bangui's Hyenas. These mercenaries clean up for the military in 2003, during... Continue Reading →
TIFF 2021: To Kill The Beast
Image courtesy of TIFF Agustina San Martin mesmerizes with unknown dangers and the power of one girl's self-discovery. Emilia (Tamara Rocca) is searching for her missing brother Mateo. After their mother's death, he hasn’t responded to her calls, so she travels to the remote town where he lives, on the border of Argentina and Brazil.... Continue Reading →
TIFF 2021: Encounter
A man fears for the well-being of his sons in Encounter. Malik (Riz Ahmed) is an ex-navy seal who is on a different kind of mission. He has been researching extraterrestrial parasitic organisms that take over humans through insects, and worried about his sons Jay (Lucian-River Chauhan) and Bobby (Aditya Geddada), decides to rescue them... Continue Reading →
TIFF 2021: Beba
Image courtesy of TIFF A young Afro-Latina woman filmmaker examines her life in four parts in Beba. Rebeca “Beba” Huntt is an artist and filmmaker who documents 8 years of archival film on her life with a Black Dominican father and a light-skinned Venezuelan mother. She goes back to how they met, the sacrifices they... Continue Reading →
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