Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti is a Meditative Portrait of Depression and Obsession
Despite a charismatic performance by Vincent Cassel, this meditative biopic of the French painter fails to match the vibrancy of the artist’s work. Often, in […]
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Fantasia 2018: Hanagatami Review – The Director of Hausu Confuses and Delights in His Final Epic
Hausu’s Nobuhiko Obayashi starts wrapping up his 60-year career in filmmaking with a deeply weird, compellingly stream-of-consciousness wartime drama. Nobuhiko Obayashi is one of Japan’s […]
Skyscraper Review: The Rock Cooks Up Another Underdone Summer Thriller
While the Rock maintains his larger-than-life presence, this taller Die Hard knockoff buckles under the weight of its sizeable lack of humor. Ever since my […]
Review: Westwood Provides a Compelling Portrait of the Godmother of Punk
Showcasing her career from punk provocateur to a mainstay of English culture, Westwood is a love letter to one of fashion’s most iconic personalities Westwood: […]
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Review: Fun in the Spooky Sun
The third entry in Sony Pictures’ kids’ films about animated monsters is fun, flighty and surprisingly layered, with solid jokes and a heartwarming message. I […]
All the Queens Horses Interview: Kelly Richmond Pope on Rita Crundwell and Documentary as Education
(This review and interview originally ran as part of On Tap’s previous run as its own separate feed. We’re re-running it here in conjunction with All […]
Four Crazy Horror Flicks We Want to See at Fantasia
If you want festivals full of soulful contemplation of the human condition, and solemn documentaries about Serious Issues, Cannes and Sundance have you covered. Want […]
INTERVIEW: Bruce LaBruce on The Misandrists, Pornography and Feminist Brain-Swapping
We interview queersploitation provacateur Bruce LaBruce about queer cinema, working on a low budget, and his latest feminist satire The Misandrists. Arthouse queer enfant terrible Bruce […]
The Misandrists Review: Bawdy, Transgressive Satire from Bruce LaBruce
Bruce LaBruce’s reputation as a bad-taste provocateur gleefully continues with this campy exercise in sex, sleaze, and political satire. A transgressive artist’s main job should […]
TAU Review: Netflix’s Perplexing Smart House Thriller
Netflix’s latest thriller about a young girl trapped in a smart house is pure, unapologetic schlock, with workmanlike performances and plot holes you could throw […]