Film
🔒The Case for Depression as a Villain (Full Video)
The extended version of our new Video Essay for Paid Aficionados!
Nor García Grau
Nor García Grau is a bilingual writer and filmmaker based in Madrid, Spain.
Film
Stranger Things, Thunderbolts, and The Case for Depression as a Villain (Video Essay)
In this Video Essay filmed earlier this year, Nor García Grau explores how Depression has become a brilliant, and relatable, foil in popular media in 2025.
Film
🇬🇧🇪🇸El Cautivo: And Historians Will Call Them...
"The thin line between reality and fiction is not only acknowledged but embraced by the film’s storytelling structure as we follow the events of Cervantes’ time held captive in Algiers..."
Film
Ballad of a Small Player, Swiped, Barrio Triste, Mile End Kicks and MORE! | TIFF50 Round-up
Catch up on our reviews from TIFF50!
Film
Couture, Poetic License, Rental Family, Obsession and MORE! | TIFF50 Round-up
Catch up on our reviews from TIFF50
Film
Wake Up Dead Man, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Hedda and MORE! | TIFF50 Round-up
Catch up on our reviews from TIFF50
Festivals
Palestine 36, Rose of Nevada, No Other Choice, The Man in My Basement | TIFF50 Round-up
Catch up on our reviews from TIFF50
Festivals
Blue Moon, Eleanor the Great, If I had Legs I’d Kick You | TIFF50 Round-up
Catch up on Day 1’s reviews from our team on the ground at TIFF50
Festivals
🇬🇧🇪🇸Little Amélie or The Character of Rain | TIFF 50
Never since Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro (1988) have I had the pleasure of watching a film that approaches the theme of childhood as lovingly and efficiently as Little Amélie or The Character of Rain (2025).
TV
🇬🇧🇪🇸Squid Game, Season 3: Game Over
"While not everyone’s ending feels completely satisfactory, as a whole the season did a good job of resolving their unique conflicts, basking in the ability to make us mourn for characters we’ve had not one, but two entire seasons to get attached to..."
Festivals
Best of Raindance Film Festival 2025
We crown the best of the fest, as decided by...well...us!
Festivals
Shorts Programme: LGBTQIA+ 2 - HIGHLIGHTS | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025
Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood-Sucking Freak, Hands On, A Friend of Dorothy, Big Bass