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Fantasia Retro 2025: Reconstructing the Past

The retrospectives and restorations category of any film festival is always a treat, bringing new life to old favorites or resurfacing hidden gems from decades past. Restoration work is critical to the preservation, archival, and history of cinema, allowing us to ensure culturally important works are preserved in the best

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Series X): It Looks Just Like Tony Hawk

The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series is nothing short of a sensation. Not only were these four original games critically acclaimed at their time, and hugely popular, they were deeply impactful on wider culture. The soundtracks shaped the musical taste of so many (myself included) and skateboarding itself

VIDEOHEAVEN: DVD Killed the Video Store

Alex Ross Perry has spent a lot of time thinking about video rental stores. More specifically, he’s been thinking about what we can learn from their depictions on film, primarily interrogating the relationship with reality and representation, and what this representation now means that the reality has gone. The

The Alters (Series X): An Existential Survival Game that's as Cerebral as it is Strategic

Ever wondered how things could have been? What if you had made a different decision, could you have ended up elsewhere? Would your life be better, worse? In The Alters, one of the first things you can do is view the main character's life set out as a

Ten Films To See At Fantasia 2025

With dozens of premieres and restorations between both features and short films, comprising the entire spectrum of genre cinema and global filmmaking, Quebec's premiere film festival is here with a towering lineup of fascinating films to explore. This year's festival runs from July 16 - August

I'm Thinking of Spoiling Things: Pavements

At what point does a bit border on self-parody? Is releasing a three-sided LP consisting of experimental music meant to alienate your audience in any way similar to delaying the release of your sporadically scheduled podcast due to some form of intangible anxiety built on a nonexistent expectation of bit-laden

F1: Going The Distance

It may seem like an easy target, but it is hard to avoid comparing Joseph Kosinski to the late Tony Scott. Scott followed up the original Top Gun with Days of Thunder, a film widely critiqued on release for feeling largely like a cheaper version of Top Gun with cars.

to a T (Series X): An Admirable Failure from the Katamari Creator

Over the last couple of decades, game director Keita Takahashi has become one of the most interesting creatives in the medium. He's most famous for the superlative Katamari Damacy, though also cult delights such as Noby Noby Boy and Wattam, all whimsical and quirky experiences united by a

The Best Films of 2025 (So Far), And What To Look Forward To

We return once more to the year in progress, where 2025 lies on the scale of cinematic exploration, and what's left to come as the latter half of the year ramps up with award hopefuls and festival premieres going wide. 2025 has been flooded with a kaleidoscopic deluge

I'm Thinking of Spoiling Things: The Phoenician Scheme // The Rehearsal Season 2

Two film critics sit down to discuss two films and a season of television. Novel? Not particularly. However, the curious nature of one critic's unexpected admiration for one film concerning the misadventures of Steve and his world of crafting is enough to bewilder his misanthropic cohost – aghast at

Doom: The Dark Ages (Series X): Rip-oste and Teareth

The two previous Doom games (Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal) from id Software are brilliant examples of cohesive design. The 2016 reboot took what was, at that point, an oversaturated and homogenised genre (the first person shooter) and made it into something fresh. Why the genre works was maintained but

Ballerina: How To Get Away With IP Murder

Chad Stahelski and David Leitch had no idea what they were starting when they began working on the first John Wick in 2013. After cutting their teeth doing action choreography, stunts, and second unit work for the likes of The Wachowskis, John Carpenter, Albert Pyun, and Ringo Lam, they wanted

The Phoenician Scheme: Immaculate Chaos

Every line would be the funniest thing you’ve ever heard if not for every other line.

Bring Her Back: Hollow Horror From Messy Misery

Pure misery, mean-spirited and endless cruelty that doesn't have the slightest inkling of how to leverage that cruel energy into something impactful.