Film Festivals Articles

Spoiler-Free Reviews: DARKEST MIRIAM and THE OLD MAN AND THE DEMON SWORD (Fantasia 2024)

Darkest Miriam Canadian feature Darkest Miriam is a slow-burn thriller that follows thirtysomething librarian Miriam (Britt Lower), who is grieving over the loss of her father. She spends her days at work following routine— including dealing with...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: The Cursed Land and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

The Cursed Land Thai horror The Cursed Land is an ambitious work that perhaps takes on too much in its attempt to deliver a fear-fare tale involving djinn while addressing issues involving the largely Muslim Malay community in Thailand. Mit (Ananda...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: The Unrighteous and The Last Stop in Yuma County

The Unrighteous Pseudoreligious cults are prevalent in some Asian countries. Shin'ichirô Ueda took a humorous approach at exposing the ways that such cults can sway people into their fold with his 2019 Japanese comedy Special Actors, and now Korean...
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Spoiler-Free Reviews: The Tenants, Tenement, Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary, and Respati

Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary South Korea's ultracompetitive education system is world-renowned. Students spend years studying for an exam so important that it has the potential to determine their entire future. Imagine being...
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