Manhole opens with a dizzyingly edited sequence of a celebration party. It is the night before the protagonist, Shunsuke’s (Yuto Nakajima) wedding with the CEO’s daughter at the company where he works.…
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It Lives Inside has at its center the archetypal push-pull between assimilation and the tension it posits to all rooted belongings. The protagonist, Samidha, aka Sam (Megan Suri), lives in an idyllic…
Where the Devil Roams (2023): The latest production from the Adams family begins with a long litany. The narrator tells a story of the genesis and the passing down of evil. The…
Junta Yamaguchi’s River (2023) has an inherently simple conceit. Somewhere in Japan, an inn and its immediate vicinity become the site of a time loop. This lends too much humor and frustration.…
Mami Wata (2023) ‘Fantasia Fest’ Review: In the West African village of Iyi, the eponymous water deity holds sway through its intermediary in the personage of Mama Ewe (Rita Edochie). She is the…
It’s that time of the year again. The Fantasia International Film Festival 2023 commences on July 20 and will wrap up by August 9, celebrating its 27th edition in Montreal, Quebec. This…