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Isaiah Saxon said in an interview several years ago conducted from Trout Gulch the Santa Fe forest artist’s commune and studio for Encyclopedia Pictura that his north star heroes in filmmaking are Miy…
There is a quiet terror that follows us, always, just beneath the surface. It’s not the kind of fear we speak of in hushed tones, nor the kind that keeps us up at night. No, this fear lingers in the u…
It’s the Snake’s time to shine on the zodiac calendar, yet it seems 2025 is the Year of the Monkey. With the dulcet tones of Better Man and the howling screeches of Osgood Perkin’s aptly named The Mon…
There is a kind of stillness to life in a small Irish village, the kind that settles into the bones and becomes part of the air. The lake ripples softly in the morning light, the wind hums through the…
There’s a discomfort in Gazer—a subtle yet persistent unease that lingers well after the credits roll. The film begins with an invitation, or rather, a command: “What do you see? Focus.” It's the…
The moment Freaky Tales kicks off, you know you’re in for a ride. It’s 1987 in Oakland, where neon signs flicker, punk music thrashes, and danger lurks in every alleyway. But this isn’t just any ‘80s…
A Working Man certainly requires a lot of work to sit through. Following an ex-black ops agent turned construction worker searching for his boss's kidnapped daughter; director David Ayer reunites…
Alex Scharfman’s debut feature Death of a Unicorn riffs on three main themes: a satire about the venality of the ultra-rich, a hyper-violent creature feature, and a Spielbergian fractured and healed p…
Oh, Canada marks a change of pace for Paul Schrader following the completion of his Man in a Room trilogy (First Reformed, The Card Counter, The Master Gardener). Still, it isn’t difficult to see what…
The women sit sweltering on the beach with their burkas black and shrouding. Only metres away the men swim and laugh. Under the robes are dangerous objects: guns and bare legs that long to stand in th…
In the sun-dappled town of Ushimado, a small revolution is unfolding—one that takes place not in bustling streets or grand arenas, but in the quiet corners of a sacred shrine. Kazuhiro Soda’s The Cats…
When it comes to outlining the plot or character traits of Jellyfish, the feature debut from West Aussie based filmmaker Giles Chan, it’s hard to escape critically applied terms such as ‘slacker’ or ‘…