Tomris Laffly

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Tomris Laffly

Bustling at a colorful intersection of music, family, and identity, Anderson .Paak’s filmmaking debut “K-Pops!” is an instantly likable affair. You don’t really have to know anything about Korean popular music (or K-pop) to appreciate this jubilant gem’s celebration of generational ties and upbeat rhythms.

2 weeks ago | elle.com | Tomris Laffly

Almost a decade before she made her filmmaking debut with the swooning, Oscar-nominated drama Past Lives in 2023, writer-director Celine Song found herself in an impossible quandary that many artists can relate to. She was a playwright in New York City, and like the rest of us, had bills to pay and rent to make. In other words, she needed a day job.

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Tomris Laffly

Whether it’s because notions like truth and fairness demand more attention than ever in a chaotically unjust world, or because some cinematic traditions need revitalizing, filmmakers have been returning to the courtroom genre lately.

2 weeks ago | variety.com | Tomris Laffly

Movies rarely come more generic than French-Canadian filmmaker Maxime Giroux’s “In Cold Light,” an exhaustingly paced action-thriller where every idea and visual seems templated and stylized within an inch of their life. It’s something closer to a mood-board assortment than a film with a real story to tell. A stockpile of neon lights, derelict spaces, gritty town exteriors and an on-the-run anti-heroine (Maika Monroe) caught in a web of drug lords can only sustain one’s attention for only so long.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Tomris Laffly

10 hours agoThe Quebec government says it won’t appeal a court decision overturning a university tuition hike for out-of-province students. But the province is not backing down, with the office of the Higher Education Minister saying the government isn’t obliged to guarantee access to Quebec universities for …