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Alpha Gang | 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Close Encounters Of The Biker Gang Kind: The Zellners’ Alien Comedy Probes For Laughs If you tell a joke and it doesn’t land, telling it...

Interview: Carolina Cavalli – The Kidnapping of Arabella

Using the road-movie narrative template to explore an unconventional form of companionship, The Kidnapping of Arabella is far from a typical coming-of-age film —...

2023 TIFF: Rustin, The Holdovers, Memory, The Beast, NYAD, Fingernails, Hit Man & The Royal Hotel Get Confirmed Itineraries

With one announcement we got confirmations for films that will either exclusively play in Toronto or will hit either Telluride and/or Venice just prior....

2023 Toronto Intl. Film Festival: 74 (Strictly) World Premiere Predictions!

It's not the opener. It's not the closer. But today the Toronto International Film Festival announced that Taika Waititi's long-gestating Next Goal Wins ...

Don’t Worry Darling | Review

Die, Die, My Darling: Wilde Makes Utopia a Dirty Word in Sinister Thriller “There’s beauty in control” affirms a suave Svengali at the center...

All the Old Knives | Review

The Worst Cut is the Deepest: Metz Revels in Tasty Romantic Thriller Emerging somewhere between the thorny love pacts of Graham Greene and the surefire...

The Contractor | Review

Harper Does It Better: Saleh Taps Pine for Pluralistic Espionage “It’s much easier to kill, but it’s harder to survive,” is the most useful line...

Wonder Woman 1984 [Video Review]

Woman, Thou Art Deuced: Jenkins Misfires with Superficial Follow-Up in Ill-Fitting Retro Garb The difficulty in presenting the affect of nostalgia is how reverence for...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #6. Ava Duvernay’s A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time Director: Ava DuVernay Writer: Jennifer Lee Years from now, director Ava DuVernay will continually be referenced for a dizzying amount of incredible firsts...

Star Trek Beyond | Review

Back to Basics: Lin Takes Another Franchise Where It Has Bravely Gone Before Director Justin Lin (Fast and Furious installments three, four, five, and six)...

Z for Zachariah | Review

This is the End: Zobel’s Post-Apocalyptic Love Triangle Following the success of his galvanizingly uncomfortable 2012 film Compliance, director Craig Zobel teases his way into...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Craig Zobel’s Z for Zachariah

We can still feel the heat generated from Craig Zobel's Compliance. His sophomore film, which was made on a dime (his directorial debut Great World...

Stretch | Review

To Live and Drive in LA: Carnahan’s Trip into Hollyweird In an unprecedented and surprisingly brusque move, Universal chose to dump Joe Carnahan’s latest film,...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #45. Craig Zobel’s Z for Zachariah

Z for Zachariah Director: Craig Zobel Writers: Pall Grimson, Nissar Modi Producers: Sophia Lin, Tobey Maguire, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Matthew Plouffe U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Chris...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.