Category: Review

78 days long, the 1990 Oka crisis was a protest led by two Mohawk communities in Quebec, when the white government zoned a golf course…

At a recent virtual event for Berlinale Talents, writer-director Céline Sciamma was given a moment to close the q&a. “You can do anything,” the interviewer,…

Stealing School​, a surprisingly effective plagiarism thriller, centers around University students, and the power they have in shaping our world. That’s probably blowing things out…

With agony comes ecstasy, and with holiness comes a darkness. Rose Glass’s Saint Maud is the next big thing in a wave of so-called elevated…

The editor-in-chief at Filmotomy would like to personally thank Allison for not only the extensive coverage of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but also for…

An adaptation of a short story by Jim Shepard, The World to Come meanders through Upstate New York in the mid-19th century. Mona Fastvold’s film…

It’s possible to under and over-deliver on suspense. In Alice Fades Away​, the plight of a threatened woman is constantly undercut by a need to…

Acclaimed musician turned director, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson presents us with “A Qwestlove Jawn”. After a slew of assassinations including John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther…

Dash Shaw has spent his career experimenting with various visual mediums and unique forms of storytelling with his newest feature Cryptozoo being no different. Premiering…

With films like One Child Nation, I Am Another You, and Hooligan Sparrow, Nanfu Wang was already on her way to becoming legendary. In the Same Breath opens with a…

It is the 50-year anniversary of Lucino Visconti’s film Death in Venice. A film that circled festivals and garnered plenty of praise from critics and…

As a female journalist, is it easy just to read the statistics and see the small implications of being female in this industry from the…

“Black Bear” is a difficult film to pin down. The film has multiple storylines, all involving the same three characters. Allison (Aubrey Plaza) is an…

After making one of the best films of the last decade – God’s Own Country (2017) – director Francis Lee had a lot to live…