Canada’s official submission to the 98th Academy Awards, writer-director Alireza Khatami’s The Things You Kill is a psychological thriller that explores how family trauma can push and change a person. Set in Turkey, it follows university professor Ali (Ekin Koç), […]

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One of the most gripping, chilling films that shook the Sundance Film Festival was writer-director Alireza Khatami’s The Things You Kill. Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at the festival, it is a unique psychological thriller that explores […]

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With numerous animated films gracing our fall season, one to absolutely look forward to is writer-directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s Lesbian Space Princess. Winner of the Teddy Award at this year’s Berlinale, the Australian production features the voice […]

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One impressive, innovative, and outright hilarious film you shouldn’t sleep on this year is Hundreds of Beavers. It is directed by Mike Cheslik by a script he co-wrote with star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews. Shot entirely in black and white […]

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Awards season has now officially kicked off! The Gotham Awards have announced the nominations for their 2023 ceremony. The nominees were listed by Jeffrey Sharp, the executive director of the Gotham Film and Media Institute, as well as deputy director […]

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One of the surprise nominees for Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards this year was writer-director Ellie Foumbi’s haunting feature debut, Our Father, The Devil. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Venice Film Festival where it was […]

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