A pair of antiseptic and ever-competing soccer moms chitchat on the bleachers as their kids chase and kick balls around the grassy sport’s field when Lisa (Dawn Luebbe) looks closer at her frenemy Jill (Jocelyn DeBoer) and exclaims through thinly veiled contempt: “Oh, my gosh, I didn’t even notice, you have a new baby!” By […]
Author: Shane Scott-Travis
Parasite – VIFF 2019 Review
Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho (The Host [2006], Snowpiercer [2013]) is back and more brilliant than ever with Parasite, his so-very-deserving Palme d’Or-snatching socio-political critique that goes from slapstick comic hijinx to outright angry class rage and back with alacrity and ease. Co-written along with Han Jin-won, Bong presents a full-flavored bravura delicacy about a […]
The Lighthouse – VIFF 2019 Review
“Swab dog!” sputters a dour and drunken Thomas Wake (Willem DaFoe) to a puerile and seriously shook up Epharim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) in one particularly memorable moment in Robert Eggers’ entrancingly controlled psychological horror film, The Lighthouse. Ostensibly a chamber piece set in an isolated lighthouse along the enraged sea off the North American coast […]
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20 Films You Should Not Miss At VIFF 2019
Now in its 38th year, the 2019 edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival (September 26th – October 11th, 2019) just may be the brightest, most eclectic and engaging cinematic celebration yet. Among the five largest film festivals in North America with screenings from 70 countries, VIFF promises to have something intriguing and exciting for […]
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10 Great Recent Horror Films You’ve Probably Never Seen
Following in the footsteps of recent Taste of Cinema lists focussing on underseen contemporary genre films, this list celebrates transgressive cinema and their brave (or foolish?) fans that enjoy films unafraid of being brutal, nasty, and nonconforming. Horror films, when done right, regularly deal with mankind’s own dark psychology, the visceral excitement of danger, the […]
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The 10 Most Beautiful Sci-fi Films of The 21st Century
In the 21st century, science fiction films continue to flourish, commanding massive box office receipts, inspiring our dreams, and all while making technological innovations along the way. There seems to be no end to the awe-inspiring visuals lighting up living rooms, bijous, drive-ins, and multiplexes the world over. Our tireless and exciting search for the […]