Sophy Romvari: ‘I tried to infuse my love of…
Blue Heron is only the first feature film from Sophy Romvari, but through a formally inventive examination of familial trauma, childhood
Black Swan at the A.R.T: an unearthly medley of…
The Swan Lake theme really is something. Was another such tune ever crafted that could be simultaneously applied to scenarios
Blue Heron review – wonderful, emotionally…
The films of Sophy Romvari are slippery things. The Canadian filmmaker already has something of a cult following among very-online cinephiles,
Toy Story 5 + Thomas Jordan | Cactus Pears | The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Pixar’s Toy Story 5 and spoke to Pixar’s Thomas Jordan. We then
Nino review – pulls its punches
While at the GP collecting some routine test results, Nino (Théodore Pellerin) is suddenly asked if he has his cancer-care
Porous Encounters: A Queer East Correspondence
This is the first of three pieces published in collaboration with Queer East Film Festival, whose Emerging Critics project brought together
Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day review – a muddled…
One imagines that Virginia Woolf’s name has been inserted into the title of this adaptation of her second novel because
Lesbian Space Princess review – a Sapphic sci-fi…
“I thought dating a space princess would be more… fun,” confesses Kiki (Bernie Van Tiel), the soon-to-be ex-girlfriend of Princess Saira
Effi O Blaenau review – stealthy socialist…
Effi (Leisa Gwenllian) is living the “No sleep, bus, club, another club” TikTok life as much as she can while
Familiar Touch review – remarkable feature debut
For a medium so indebted to memory in the way it evokes, retains and edits images together, cinema often underestimates the