VIFF 2024 Review: Cherub
Tim Basaraba – Cherub was made on a shoestring budget of just $10,000, and yet, it looks stunning. Orson Welles once said, “The enemy of art is the absence of limitations,” and this film’s limitations elevate its artistry.
Tim Basaraba – Cherub was made on a shoestring budget of just $10,000, and yet, it looks stunning. Orson Welles once said, “The enemy of art is the absence of limitations,” and this film’s limitations elevate its artistry.
Tim Basaraba – My IFF trifecta (SIFF, TIFF, and VIFF) is almost complete, and I couldn’t be more grateful that the last jewel in my IFF crown is the beautiful city of Vancouver, British Columbia,
Matt Ashworth – As I made my way to the Royal Alberta Theatre, I once again encountered a sizable group of Ukrainian Canadians gathered outside TIFF headquarters. They held signs with slogans like “Russia is a terrorist state” and “TIFF sucks,” protesting a controversial Russian documentary, Russians at War, that was initially set to screen over the weekend but ended up being canceled.
Tim Basaraba – Timo Tjahjanto’s latest blood fest, The Shadow Strays, is one of those rare film festival entries that’ll soon be available for home viewing. It premieres on Netflix on October 17, less than a month after its TIFF debut.
Tim Basaraba – Stephen King’s novellas have often led to some great films, arguably more so than his full-length novels. Stand By Me (1986), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and The Green Mile (1999) were all based on King’s novellas.