Reel Reviews | Ky Nam Inn (TIFF ’25)
In Leon Le’s Ky Nam Inn, a young translator and a widowed cook find solace in post-war Saigon. Subtle, poetic, and quietly haunting, the film trades melodrama for glances, silences, and unspoken longing.
Film Reviews
Reel Reviews | Ruth & Boaz
Faith, love, and redemption meet in Ruth & Boaz, a modern retelling of the biblical story brought to life by Seriyah, Tyler Lepley, and Phylicia Rashad.
Reel Reviews | The Man in My Basement
Corey Hawkins and Willem Dafoe headline The Man in My Basement, Nadia Latif’s adaptation of Walter Mosley’s acclaimed novel.
Reel Reviews | Dead of Winter
Trapped in a frozen Minnesota wilderness, a grief-stricken loner becomes an unlikely hero when she stumbles upon a kidnapping in Brian Kirk’s icy survival thriller.
Reel Reviews | Still Single (TIFF ’25)
Still Single peels back the pristine surface of Chef Masaki Saito’s two-star Michelin world, revealing contradictions as sharp as his knife work.
Reel Reviews | Marvel Zombies
What happens when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes become Earth’s hungriest? Marvel Zombies takes the MCU into its darkest timeline yet, dropping the Young Avengers into a world overrun by the undead.
Reel Reviews | Hotel Costiera
Hotel Costiera, a moody mystery about a fixer, a missing girl, and a luxury hotel hiding more than its guests realize. But does the six-episode series deliver on its promise or just coast on its scenery?
Reel Reviews | Swiped
Lily James steps into the shoes of Whitney Wolfe Herd in Swiped, a biographical drama chronicling the founder of Bumble’s meteoric rise from coining Tinder’s name to breaking the glass ceiling in Silicon Valley.