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[Venice Review] The Road to Mandalay

We’ve lamented the qualitative drop of Chinese cinema around this time last year, as Hu Guan’s glossy generational drama Mr. Six closed the Venice Film Festival...

[Review] Kicks

The film industry is still a long way from racial equity, but the last few years have seen strides to bring the young black experience to the screen in films li...

[TIFF Review] Maudie

Maud Lewis, as played by Sally Hawkins in Aisling Walsh’s Maudie, was an incredibly important Canadian folk artist. Most of her paintings, all rather small-size...

[Venice Review] Hounds of Love

Premiering in the Venice Days section ahead of its 2017 Australian release, director Ben Young’s feature debut is the kind of film you wish you could un-see – e...

[TIFF Review] Boys in the Trees

We've all lost friends whether from naturally parting ways or an avoidable blow-up proving petty in hindsight. Age advances and tastes evolve — we don't often t...