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Reviews   -   Sep 15, 2024 ‘The Substance’: Misogyny Metastasises
‘The Substance’: Misogyny Metastasises

Do not see this film if you cannot watch Body Horror or Gore. This is not a mild movie - there is more gore, guts, blood and mess than there is dialogue. Please, please, please, don’t see it if you can’t handle that. This is a film about

Sep 15, 2024 ‘The Life of Chuck’ - time is the essence.
‘The Life of Chuck’ - time is the essence.

Time to start watching shows with my hands covering my eyes, I guess. Many a friend has opined their love for Mike Flanagan, and I couldn’t wait to watch ‘The Life of Chuck’ to get even just a sippy cup of a taste of his genius, and reader — he

Pedro Páramo
Reviews   -   Sep 15, 2024 Pedro Páramo

Famed Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto has made his feature debut, adapting ‘Pedro Páramo’, a story that influenced Gabriel García Márquez and Magical Realism. I have a hard time keeping track of characters in Magical Realist stories, and the film was no exception — in its fidelity to the source material, it left

by Umnia El-Neil
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Reviews   -   Sep 15, 2024 Pedro Páramo
Pedro Páramo

Famed Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto has made his feature debut, adapting ‘Pedro Páramo’, a story that influenced Gabriel García Márquez and Magical Realism. I have a hard time keeping track of characters in Magical Realist stories, and the film was no exception — in its fidelity to the source material, it left

by Umnia El-Neil
Reviews   -   Sep 15, 2024 ‘The Substance’: Misogyny Metastasises
‘The Substance’: Misogyny Metastasises

Do not see this film if you cannot watch Body Horror or Gore. This is not a mild movie - there is more gore, guts, blood and mess than there is dialogue. Please, please, please, don’t see it if you can’t handle that. This is a film about

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 15, 2024 ‘The Life of Chuck’ - time is the essence.
‘The Life of Chuck’ - time is the essence.

Time to start watching shows with my hands covering my eyes, I guess. Many a friend has opined their love for Mike Flanagan, and I couldn’t wait to watch ‘The Life of Chuck’ to get even just a sippy cup of a taste of his genius, and reader — he

by Umnia El-Neil
Trophy Case   -   Sep 15, 2024 The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot

Fink. Fink, I hated you Fink. For a good chunk, my guy. ‘The Wild Robot’ has a stacked but ultimately successfully completed mandate - adapt a book, and in turn, marry together the twin causes of Climate Change and Technology being able to save the world, provide the message in

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 15, 2024 The Luckiest Man in America: Comfort Cinema
The Luckiest Man in America: Comfort Cinema

The entire film revolves around a TV studio — which you would expect to get very tiring very quickly, were it not for the fantastic talents of Director Samir Oliveros and Cinematographer Pablo Lozano, who keep movement and pace going with the most ecstatic effect. The performances from all figures were

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 15, 2024 Pimpinero: A Bloody Twist
Pimpinero: A Bloody Twist

I must admit, I did not think there was a darker story hiding beneath the opening act of Pimpinero — I thought, uncharitably, that I was witnessing the crowning of a new, gritty Amazon franchise to rival ‘The Fast and the Furious’, or ‘Narcos’. Soon, it became evident that was not

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 15, 2024 Babygirl.
Babygirl.

The premise is rather simple - an older CEO, played by Nicole Kidman, soon finds out that one of the new Interns (Harris Dickinson) can tame dogs with a stern hand — which is code for ‘He’s a Dom’. They start an affair - Miss CEO, real name Romy, wants

by Umnia El-Neil
Sep 15, 2024 Saturday Night: The most ‘film’ of the year
Saturday Night: The most ‘film’ of the year

As I entered the Press Screening, a TIFF Volunteer struck up a conversation with me - she lobbied to work this shift, to work this very screening, and would stand through the entire thing, just to see the film. There were murmurs on the street that it would be People’

by Umnia El-Neil
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