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September 17, 2023
FEATURES

Bombshell Season: Notes On A Barbenheimer Summer 

We’re waking up in our pink glossy sheets with irrepressible thoughts of death, we’re hearing about catastrophes of our own creation, and we’re drowning in ideals and moral purity testing and discourse. …

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September 5, 2023

Fantasia 2023 Review: BDSM Doc ‘tOuch Kink’ is a Jubilant Celebration of Life and Humanity

This documentary looks at the real-world practice and function of BDSM, grounding…

September 5, 2023

Fantasia 2023 Review: ‘It Lives Inside’ is Interesting But Not Groundbreaking

This film adds a new kind of fearsome monster fueled by and…

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by Alisha Mughal
September 5, 2023
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Fantasia 2023 Review: ‘Lovely, Dark, and Deep’ is a Force to be Reckoned With

This beguiling tale casts nature as the monstrous feminine, and is a spectacular achievement.…

by Alisha Mughal
September 5, 2023
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Fantasia 2023 Review: ‘New Life’ is a Thrilling Tale of Human Paranoia

This medical disaster/zombie tale is not only a successful thriller, but is also profoundly human.  …

by Alisha Mughal
September 5, 2023
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Fantasia 2023 Review: ‘Booger’ is a Brilliant Exploration of the Grossness of Grief

'Booger' is captivating and incisive for its understanding of the prickliness of grief.…

by Alisha Mughal
September 5, 2023
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Fantasia 2023 Review: The Gift of Hope in ‘The Becomers’

This story about a body-snatching alien also celebrates love.…

by Alisha Mughal
September 5, 2023
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Fantasia 2023 Review: ‘Satan Wants You’ Is As Hysterical as the Period It Documents

This satanic panic documentary, in heaping blame, often offers nothing more meaningful than the hysteria it aims to document.…

by Molly Kusilka
September 1, 2023
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In ‘Talk to Me,’ Possession is a Deadly Addiction

Possession is the new party drug in Danny and Michael Philippou’s feature debut – but for a grieving teenager, it becomes a vital and dangerous escape. …

by Alisha Mughal
September 1, 2023
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The gift of Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s ‘Beautiful Beings,’ a review

'Beautiful Beings' is a film that is raw and surreal at once, harrowing in the way a natural disaster is beautiful.…

by Veronica Phillips
August 21, 2023
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‘Bottoms’ Review: Hard Knocks and Loud, Crass Queer Truths

This bloody sex comedy is somehow still a salve to the modern queer comedy.…

by Alisha Mughal
July 19, 2023
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Fantasia Festival 2023 Curtain Raiser

The 2023 Fantasia International Film Festival has an immensely exciting lineup of genre films.…

by Jen Ariesta
July 10, 2023
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With ‘Barbie,’ Chick Flick Is Back with a Vengeance

After a long drought of major motion pictures celebrating femininity, ‘Barbie’ (2023) is set to change that. Here's a character so unabashedly girly and fashionable – traits long missing from big blockbuster female leads – and is (gasp) celebrated for it. …

by Veronica Phillips
June 17, 2023
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‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Season 3 Review: Family Dysfunction in an Absurdist Megachurch Comedy

The latest season takes evangelical racketeering out at the knees with a larger-than-life, ridiculous, nasty satirical bite. …

by Alisha Mughal
June 14, 2023
INTERVIEWS

‘Sanctuary’ Director Zachary Wigon on the Thrill of Storytelling

An interview on the creative and collaborative process with Zachary Wigon, and his film's depiction of sex, screwball comedy, and the process of storytelling.…

by Alisha Mughal
June 8, 2023
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The Uncanny Horror of ‘Attachment’ 

Both the humor and the horror make this dybbuk tale of traditions and Jewish folklore hilarious and chillingly terrifying.…

by Alisha Mughal
April 28, 2023
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When The Body Doesn’t Want to Keep the Score: A Look At ‘Huesera: The Bone Woman’

A mainstream horror film searingly states that we ought to voice when we don’t want to endure all the psychic and physical pain that motherhood entails.…

by Veronica Phillips
April 17, 2023
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‘Barry’ Season 4 Review: Natural Endings, Legacies, and Love in Extreme Circumstances

The final season of the dark comedy asks heavy moral questions and grapples with big themes, but also cares deeply about the notion of humanity in even extreme contexts. …

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