There are very few films brimming with the type of passion and romance as Portrait of a Lady on Fire. The film is many things, and sometimes it is all of them at once, but above all it is a love story between two women, and the everlasting bond they form which fills them with […]

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If anyone were to appoint a Queen of cinema, Agnes Varda would probably be at the top of the list. Has there ever been a filmmaker more beloved among her colleagues, or more giving to the art of film? She certainly belongs in the pantheon of masters which is reserved for the likes of Ozu, […]

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Frankie is one of those films where it seems like nothing much happens yet what it concerns itself with are things we sometimes take for granted. It’s a very introspective film concerning life, death, and how it’s difficult to navigate both. This is especially poignant considering it is from the perspective of a group of […]

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Greener Grass is unlike any movie you are bound to see this year, let alone your entire life. This is absurtist humour to the extreme, hinging on outright surrealism which makes for a very unique and out of this world comedy. The film is the brain child of writer/directors Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe, both […]

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