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‘Someone Like Me’ Is A Muddled Look At The Queer Refugee Experience [Hot Docs Review]

May 8, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

‘Someone Like Me’ portrays a year in the life of a group of LGBTQIA Canadians as they sponsor and support a gay Ugandan refugee in Vancouver, Canada.

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Filed Under: Hot Docs Tagged With: hot docs, LGBT, national film board, nfb, queer

‘The Face of Anonymous’ Offers A Portrait Of An Aging Activist [Hot Docs Review]

May 2, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

With The Face of Anonymous, writer/director Gary Lang sets out to put a personal face on the purposefully faceless hacker group Anonymous. The face in question is Commander X, aka Christopher Doyon, one of the most visible members of the organization, who often spoke on behalf of the group and even published two books. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Festivals, Hot Docs Tagged With: Anonymous, citizen x, documentary, gary lang

‘Fukushima 50’ Is A Dramatic Chronicle Of A Near Nuclear Disaster [Review]

April 18, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

Fukushima 50 offers a glimpse at the environmental and political elements that nearly contributed to a catastrophic nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011.
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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: ken watanabe, Kôichi Satô, Setsuro Wakamatsu, Shirô Sano, Tomorô Taguchi, Yoichi Maekawa

‘Nina Wu’ Is A Challenging, Hallucinatory Condemnation of Abuse in the Film Industry [Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

April 2, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

Terry and Joe tackle director Midi Z’s sumptuous Taiwanese psychological thriller, Nina Wu.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Jen Shuo Cheng, Ke-Xi Wu, Kimi Hsia, Lee-zen Lee, Midi Z, Vivian Sung

‘Happiest Season’ Isn’t The Happy Queer Holiday Film We Need [Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

November 25, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

A mixed race family poses in front of a Christmas tree

With the release of Clea DuVall’s queer holiday film, Terry Mesnard and I are offering spoiler-free and spoilery reviews. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Allison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Christmas, Clea DuVall, dan levy, Hulu, Jake McDorman, Kristen Stewart, LGBT, LGBTQ, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Holland, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber

[Review] ‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ Mistakes Screaming For Comedy

October 9, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

A female police officer tries to talk down a male co-worker who stares at her incredulously

John Marshall (Jim Cummings) has a lot on his plate.

He’s a recovering alcoholic with some pretty significant rage issues. He navigating (unsuccessfully) a post-divorce relationship with his teenage daughter Jenna (Chloe East). His father (Robert Forster, in his final role) is the Sheriff of Snow Hollow, but the old man refuses to relinquish control to John despite significant health problems.

Oh yeah, and there’s a werewolf killing women every full moon in the sleepy tourist town. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror Tagged With: Chloe East, Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
> Consequence
> The Spool
> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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