The trippy, intensely difficult watch Antebellum is all style and no substance. It is a film that aims to shock its audience at every turn, devoid of any underlying purpose. This slavery-set picture subjects its characters to all manner of horrors, in the name of “entertainment”, but all it really did was make me feel…

In light of Splinters’ run at the Neptune Theatre, this review from September 2018, when it premiered at FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival, is being republished. To purchase tickets, please visit here. Thom Fitzgerald’s return to the film landscape after half a decade in television is his most quietly disconcerting work. Splinters works itself into…

A highly-touted HULU adaptation from Clive Barker, a master of horror, had all the ingredients to be a hit. It was shot in Halifax, N.S., with a splashy FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival gala premiere. But now that the embargo has lifted, I can unapologetically tell you to leave this book clasped shut. Star Trek…

Director Craig Roberts has created a second film that perhaps contains the most accurate depiction of life as a schizophrenic put to film. Sally Hawkins is a revelation as Jane, who has a psychotic break following the awful aftermath of being left at the altar as a young woman. Now a black sheep in her…

After so many years reviewing films, it’s hard for anything to surprise me anymore. But the brutal, sheer insanity of Possessor left me with more than one sleepless night. From writer-director Brandon Cronenberg — son of famous Canadian auteur David — this is one of the most inventive, entirely unhinged affairs in years. It’s about…

If there’s one thing that kills a movie that banks on the amount of “self-aware” humour shining through, it’s the audience feeling like they’re not in on the joke. The only problem with the riotous earth-invasion comedy, wonderfully titled Save Yourselves!, is that the portrayals of cell phone addicted, self-absorbed, millennial hipsters is so on…

The Glorias is an ambitious effort to chronicle the live, struggles and changes feminist icon Gloria Steinem went through in her life. The problem is that ambition doesn’t translate. We’re given a jumble of flashbacks, four different actresses playing Steinem at different points, and a myriad of other characters and perspectives. By the end of…

Love and hate, a disconnected and estranged father and son, and an overarching fight for what’s right in a mining town all interconnect in the transformative feature that is Digger. Following stubborn, world-weary Nikitas, the man holds tough and tight to his humble home, animals and business, even as the nearby mining company sloughs sludge…

Perhaps the best part about French-language film Deux (Two Of Us) is it avoids the tropes of making a same-sex love film so wholeheartedly. Shot like a mystery, complete with keyhole scenes and ominous music, it’s a film about losing someone you love, and being ready to take on the world to get them back.…

Thomas Vinterberg’s latest directorial effort is the incredible, multi-layered Another Round (Druk). A film with a difficult set of subject matter, it sweeps in and out of catharsis and destruction as we explore the exploits of four middle-aged friends who test a theory that their lives will improve if they maintain a consistent alcohol level…