Here we are, nearing the end of the fall festival season, and while like 98% of the attention in the world of movies will be paid to all the awards from now until the Oscars, we can all feel better knowing ther...
Looks can be deceiving. And that aphorism works on a couple of different levels in Park Chan-Wook's deliciously lurid "The Handmaiden." For one, audiences shouldn't be deceived by the period trappings of the pi...
After ten days, at least 55 films and an obscene amount of poutine and Tim Horton’s breakfast sandwiches, Team Playlist is done with the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF is probably the world’s bi...
Arriving after all the razzle dazzle of festivals in Venice, Telluride, and Toronto, the BFI London Film Festival may not have all the glitzy World Premieres, but instead, they have the cream of the crop in ter...
Let’s face it, 2016 has so far been sort of a crappy year for movies. It’s been a particularly bad summer blockbuster season, with almost everything coming up short. But even the indie world has been quieter th...
As Amazon studios continues to flex their muscles, the streaming outlet keeps acquiring material perfect for cinehphiles and arthouse audiences. So far this year, Amazon has picked up Woody Allen’s “Café Societ...
It's six weeks away from the start of the Toronto International Film Festival, and the launch of the awards season. It surely will amount to a bounty of offerings for cinephiles, as Hollywood puts a troubling s...
The 69th Cannes Film Festival came to a close last night, with an awards ceremony that, more even than most recent years, turned up a slate of winners that surprised and disappointed many critics. Not only was ...
We're just a few days into the Cannes Film Festival, but Park Chan-wook's "The Handmaiden" (our review) is already one of the most talked-about movies on the Croisette. Based on Sarah Waters' novel "Fingersmith...
An intensely pleasurable, lavishly shot dessert tray of utter hokum, "The Handmaiden" is a prime example of why we should be glad that there's someone out there still invested in the overwrought Gothic melodram...