UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is the second feature film of Canadian director-actor-writer Matthew Rankin, nominated for 10 major categories at the 2025 Canadian Screen Award Nominations. Although primarily categorised as a comedy,… Read More
Category: Reviews
Fantastic Film Festival Opening Night
As drizzling rain hits the concrete, I walk along a string of busy restaurants. Turning the corner, I see the gorgeous Ritz Cinema, home of the Fantastic Film Festival. Tonight,… Read More
Review: Oh, Canada
Paul Schrader’s film, Oh, Canada is a tricky unfolding mess and marvel of a film – one which keeps shifting in front of your eyes, playing with what you know and… Read More
Europa! Europa!
A little over two weeks ago the European focused Europa! Europa! Film Festival came to a close for it’s fourth year. This year they had a handful of films which… Read More
Review: Maria
Review by Billy Newbery Maria, the third film in Pablo Larrain’s trilogy on powerful and influential women is once again a visually stunning marvel that is often utterly breathtaking, whose… Read More
Review: The Monkey
Review by Flynn Boffo In the latest film from Ozgood Perkins, death plays out as a series of untimely punchlines to the beat of a toy drum. Twin brothers Bill… Read More
Review : Grand Tour
Narrative and documentary interweave to deliver a tale of folly, and misguided love in Miguel Gomes’s latest film Grand Tour. Set in the year 1917, a civil servant for the… Read More
Review : Queer
The lights come up after a screening of Queer. I look down at my notes: something something… composition… perfection… cinematic sound design… Nirvana… imagery. Luca Guadagnino proves once again he… Read More
Six Films to look out for at Mardi Gras Film Festival (and one bonus!)
After attending the 2025 Mardi Gras Film Festival festival launch last week, Flynn Boffo from Film in Revolt give us his top picks for the 2025 festival. Baldiga: Unlocked Heart… Read More
Opening Night: British Film Festival
This month, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the 2024 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival which was screening Steve McQueen’s Blitz, a World War II drama following… Read More










