Festival de Nouveau Cinema 2019
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‘The Divine Fury’ is a Cool Horror-Action Hybrid that Offers Something for Fans of Both Genres
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Strange things are afoot in the small Brazilian village of Bacurau. In addition to an ongoing shortage of water, food, and medicine, the town has seemingly vanished from the map…
The 48th edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinema announced their lineup on October 1st and as expected, we are extremely impressed with the selection of films. The festival which…
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White Snake While relatively unknown in the west, the “Legend of the White Snake” is one of the oldest and most venerated folks tales in China, and as such has…
Making a room full of dead bodies funny isn’t nearly as easy as you might think. Black comedy, especially the pitch-black kind that involves things like murder and dismemberment, is…
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Fantasia 2019: ‘The Incredible Shrinking WKND’ Finds New Ground for Time-Loop Movies
By now we’re all familiar with time loop movies, in which some poor soul is trapped in a seemingly-endless loop, and must relive the same day over and over again.…
The fourth installment of the popular Department Q series, adapted from the novels by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, has all the elements of a great thriller. A gloriously macabre crime…
Writer/director Masaaki Yuasa continues to be one of the most distinctive voices in anime today, with a clear and unique style that has garnered him something of a fan following…
A harrowing, unnerving, experience but one nevertheless worth having.
Pontypool director Bruce McDonald makes his return with ‘Dreamland’.
There are hints of the campy fun in ‘Critters Attack!’ but not nearly enough for this to be the franchises’s comeback.
While zombie movies have fallen out of favor, with the resurgence in interest from a few years back having clearly died down, a new one manages to make its way…
‘The Deeper You Dig’ is the kind of movie that Fantasia Fest was made for: those far off the beaten track, but well worth seeking out if one finds the chance to see it.
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Fantasia Film Festival 2019: Thomas O’Connor’s Most Anticipated Films
The Fantasia Film Festival is once again looming on the horizon, promising three weeks of fun for Montreal film geeks. As always, the lineup is chock-full of new works by…
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‘Strange Shadows in an Empty Room’ takes 70’s Cop Action to the Streets of Montreal
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