Read More 14 views3 minute read Film Exit 8 (2026) Review: A thrilling maze of responsibility and self-discoveryByLakshmiApril 1, 2026 What happens when a PlayStation adventure you once navigated with a controller is reborn in live action? That’s… Read More
Read More 10 views2 minute read Film Making Space: A Goodbye Love Story (2026) Review: Choose Me… or I Choose MeByLakshmiMarch 31, 2026 Making Space: A Goodbye Love Story (2026), written and directed by Christine Chang, is a quietly powerful romantic… Read More
Read More 12 views2 minute read Film Tingga (2026) Review: A Descent into Madness and FateByLakshmiMarch 15, 2026 Set against the stark realities of immigrant life, Tingga, a Filipino film made in Canada by director Filbert… Read More
Read More 20 views3 minute read Film Sirāt (2026) Review: Shock Therapy in the DesertByLakshmiFebruary 13, 2026 As the Rolling Stones said: Life doesn’t give you what you want, life gives you what you need.… Read More
Read More 40 views2 minute read Film Meadowlarks (2025) TIFF Review: A sentimental reunion in BanffByLakshmiNovember 26, 2025 In her 2017 documentary Birth of a Family, Tasha Hubbard delves into the powerful story of Betty Ann… Read More
Read More 43 views3 minute read Film Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Review: Oh Molina!ByLakshmiOctober 17, 2025 “The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you’ll never be unhappy again.” Isn’t it true?… Read More
Read More 40 views2 minute read Film The Captive (2025) TIFF Review: The Tale of CervantesByLakshmiSeptember 18, 2025 For some inexplicable reason, the only association I had with Cervantes was his legendary novel Don Quixote, which… Read More
Read More 52 views3 minute read Film Kakukaku Shikajika (2025) Fantasia Review: The emotional odyssey of a manga artistByLakshmiAugust 28, 2025 Back in 2009, Vol. 1 of Princess Jellyfish was the first manga I ever read by the acclaimed… Read More
Read More 51 views3 minute read Film Ravens (2024) NYAFF Review: The Life and Times of a legendary Japanese PhotographerByLakshmiAugust 5, 2025 Yoko Wanibe, Masahisa Fukase’s ex-wife, once said of him: “With a camera in front of his eye, he… Read More
Read More 45 views2 minute read Film Together (2025) Fantasia Review: Literally Stuck in LoveByLakshmiJuly 26, 2025 Somehow, I went in bracing for peak body horror—a full-throttle descent into the grotesque. I mean, with Neon’s… Read More