The Montreal International Black Film Festival is on from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1
Our highlights of the MIBFF, from red carpet events to neighbourhood screenings, featuring exciting new films from around the world.
Dumb Money is kinda dumb and maybe a little evil?
2 out of 5 stars
Expend4bles is cheap and boring
1.5 out of 5 stars
Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla among many acclaimed new films coming to Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
FNC’s 52nd edition, running Oct. 4 to 15, also promises titles by Todd Haynes, Bertrand Bonello, Catherine Breillat and other filmmakers behind some of the year’s most celebrated films.
Rotting in the Sun is one of the year’s most subversive films
An interview with social media icon Jordan Firstman, who plays a version of himself in the new film by Chilean director Sebastián Silva.
New movies to watch in September
Sophie Dupuis’s drag drama Solo, the exceptional lesbian fight club comedy Bottoms, The Nun II, The Equalizer 3, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and more.
TIFF Reviews: Cannes prize winners The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall & more
Sandra Hüller stars in both Jonathan Glazer’s unnerving family drama on the literal periphery of the Holocaust and Justine Triet’s unsettling mystery and courtroom drama, which won the Grand Prix and Palme d’Or at Cannes, respectively.
Richelieu is a harrowing portrait of labour abuses in Quebec’s Temporary Foreign Workers program
An interview with director Pier-Philippe Chevigny about his debut feature, a fictional film based on the harsh reality of temporary foreign workers in Quebec.
Like Mad Max in the snow, Polaris is a Northern Canadian post-apocalyptic film
An interview with director Kirsten Carthew about going home to the Northwest Territories to shoot Polaris, a film about a young girl raised by a polar bear.
Bottoms is proof that the world needs a movie about horny lesbian losers
4.5 out of 5 stars