MIFF 2025 | ‘We Bury The Dead’ review: A capable but unremarkable entry into a long-overstuffed genre
Australian director Zak Hilditch gamely makes a play for zombie horror canonisation, but sadly falls short of the mark.
MIFF 2025 | ‘Lurker’ review: Alex Russell’s parable against parasocial relationships both fascinates and flounders
Théodore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe elevate an otherwise serviceable thriller that falls short of the sum total of its paradigmatic influences.
MIFF 2025 | ‘Dreams’ review: Michel Franco returns with blisteringly nihilistic class critique
Jessica Chastain reunites with Mexican cinema’s enfant terrible for a furious and frothing examination of the cross-sections between race, social class, and power.
MIFF 2025 | ‘The End’ review: Deeply tedious and mind-bogglingly superficial
Acclaimed documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer’s surprise pivot to fictional narratives is unforgivably flaccid and ham-handed; a far cry from his past work.
MIFF 2025 | ‘Kontinental ‘25’ review: Radu Jude at the peak of his powers
Chuckles may be thin on the ground here, but the Romanian auteur’s pivot from satire to social realism is a most welcome change.
MIFF 2025 | ‘The Mastermind’ review: Smart but meandering genre deconstruction
Despite its technical competence, Kelly Reichardt’s parable against upper-class hubris is as aimless as its leading man’s thousand-yard stare.