Written by Taylor Baker 35/100 Comala starts with a denial. The documentarian is interviewing his mother, and she says "no" over a dozen times in reference to whether or not her husband was a hitman. We can't tell if she's … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 75/100 In a wide shot, a guy with long grey hair wearing a yellow shirt, denim overalls, a beige blazer and a beret shuffles across a large gravel lot. The camera pulls back as he walks … Continue reading.
https://youtu.be/FJbp6SoDy1M The 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 9th to the 18th. To learn more about the festival and see this year's lineup of films and schedule, visit https://tiff.net/Want to know what we've seen, want … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker 80/100 Pascal-Alex Vincent's Satoshi Kon, The Illusionist is a love letter to a master gone to soon. Vincent's direction is notable in it's unobtrusiveness, gently propelling us with sleek effortless editing along many beats that Perfect … Continue reading.
https://youtu.be/IpvfmyW2ec8 Fantasia Film Festival 2021 ran from August 5th - 25th.Want to know what we saw or what we each thought the best films were? Reference the Letterboxd Links below! Taylor Baker’s List | Matthew Simpson’s List Connect with ForReel … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison 85/100 “What makes us artists continue performing?” asks the beginning of Art Kabuki. It’s a question that has been posed for years and years, but one made more urgent than ever by the recent pandemic, which … Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams 68/100 “I went from being the star of the play, to playing the character that was the butt of every joke,” a very begrudging Val Kilmer says as he discusses his first breakthrough at Julliard Acting … Continue reading.
You can visit Fantasia Virtually or In-Person this year https://youtu.be/_x_Fbq5lD1w Fantasia 2021 will run August 5 -25 with, as usual, a fascinating selection of genre films, talks, and experiences. In the video above, I got my friend and fellow movie … Continue reading.
Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 60/100 Stockholm Syndrome directed by The Architects is a documentary that tells the story of multi-hyphenate artist A$AP Rocky from infancy to world wide superstardom to his arrest in Sweden. Described by his … Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams 23/100 Rarely a film will frustrate and bore me to the point of verbally begging the film to end, to end this misery of sitting through such a pedantic and heavy handed film. Such is the … Continue reading.
