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Hell of a Summer – TIFF 2023

Camp counsellors are offed one-by-one by a devil mask-wearing killer in Hell of a Summer. Jason (Fred Hechinger) is a 24-year-old arriving for his eighth year as a counsellor at Camp Pineway. Jason is by far the most senior of those coming for the Counsellor Weekend, including Jason’s friend Claire (Abby Quinn), new counsellors Chris…

pig

Pig

A truffle hunting hermit confronts his past after the kidnapping of his beloved Truffle Pig in Pig. Robin Feld (Nicolas Cage) is a man living on his own in a cabin in the Oregan woods accompanied only by his pet pig, with whom he hunts truffles in the woods that he gives to aspiring restaurant supplier…

Sator

Sator

A man encounters a malevolent force in the woods in Sator. Adam (Gabe Nicholson) is a man who lives an isolated existence in a cabin in the woods, though he is occasionally visited by his brother Pete (Michael Daniel). The two men’s grandmother Nani (June Petersom) keeps talking about a being named Sator who gets…

It Comes

It Comes

A newlywed couple and their young daughter are targeted by an evil spirit in It Comes. Hideki (Satoshi Tsumabuki) and Kana (Haru Kuroki) are a happy newlywed couple, expecting the birth of their first child. However, two years after the birth of their daughter Chisa, Hideki and Kana are tormented by an evil spirit, who…

The Ritual

The Ritual

Four friends lost in the woods are chased by a mythical creature in The Ritual. Six months after the tragic murder of their fried Robert (Paul Reid), Luke (Rafe Spall), Hodge (Robert James-Collier), Phil (Arsher Ali), and Dom (Sam Troughton) go on a hiking trip in the Swedish highlands. After Dom injures his knee in…

It Comes at Night

It Comes at Night

Paranoia develops between two families seeking shelter in a post-apocalyptic world in It Comes at Night. With a insidious viral outbreak infecting the outside world, Paul (Joel Edgerton) lives by a strict routine to survive along with his wife Sarah (Carmen Ejogo) and son Travis (Kelvin Harrison Jr.). One night, a name named Will (Christopher…

The Apology

The Apology

A group of women demand to be apologized for being forced into sexual slavery in The Apology. During World War II, over 200,000 women across Asia were forcibly made “comfort women” by the Japanese Imperial Army, many of whom were only in their teens at the time. More than 70 years later, the surviving comfort…

Honeymoon

Honeymoon

Indie Spotlight is a series focusing on reviews of independent films A newly wed couple’s romantic getaway descends into chaos in the thriller Honeymoon.  Bea (Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie) and Paul (Penny Dreadful‘s Harry Treadaway) have just gotten married and travel to Bea’s family cottage in the Canadian wilderness for their honeymoon.  With no…

Oblivion

Oblivion

Tom Cruise has adventures on a post-apocalyptic Earth in the new sci-fi epic Oblivion.  Many years ago, an alien force invaded Earth in a war that absolutely decimated the planet.  Humanity has long evacuated to the Saturn moon of Titan and Jack (Cruise) and Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) are the only remaining human occupants, while Jack…