At CIFF, we take a look at religious drama Maternal, episodic romantic dramedy Babyteeth, German potboiler Lara, and historical queer horror Carmilla.
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Today’s CIFF dispatch includes family drama The Truth, death-row issue film Clemency, Guatemalan queer drama Tremors, and the gonzo Twentieth Century.
Amazon’s star-studded anthology series is so gentle, pleasant and inoffensive it ceases to resemble actual relationships.
Timothy Greenberg’s leaden, frustrating series is too lackadaisical to explore its clone-centric premise. Living with Yourself is the […]
Cheap, creaky jokes and overstimulated filmmaking plague a too-late sequel no one asked for.
This animated reboot of TV’s spookiest family plays its kid-friendly scares a bit too safe.
Wyrm writer/director Christopher Winterbauer sits down at Fantastic Fest to talk about the analog appeal of ’80s kitsch and adapting shorts to features.
A shockingly-timely Succession lets all manner of narrative chickens come to roost.
Steven Soderbergh serves up a messy capitalist critique in the shell of a slick, simplistic essay film.
A trip to Logan’s childhood home threatens to fracture the family even further, as Rhea continues to squeeze her way into the Roy’s inner circle.
Daniel Scheinert scales back from his usual absurdist work for an ambitious medley of tones that doesn’t quite land.
Tone-deaf obviousness and blunt-force capitalist critiques plague Morris’ latest, letting down its good intentions with disappointing bluntness.
Ryan Murphy’s first show for Netflix throws everything at the wall, and not all of it sticks.
Patrick Brice and Sam Bain cross tonal wires to ill effect in this bland, unoriginal comic thriller.
Lorene Scafaria drenches her recession-era crime dramedy in neon, bills, and deep intention.
Flesh-eating creatures and farcical meta-comedy meet in this refreshing, delightful riff on the zombie genre.
Even if you haven’t been keeping up with the Pfeffermens, the finale of Amazon’s flagship series is a […]
The Cruises bomb finally drops at the most inconvenient moment for the Roys on another acid-tongued episode. How […]
