Some are calling it an erotic thriller, but whatever the label, ‘Fair Play’ is a sexy, angry, and suspenseful look at insecurity and doubt. By Rob Hunter Explorations of the gender dynamic, particularly in the workplace, will never go out of style as the conflict feels eternal. Old boys clubs, women paid less than men for the same work, sexual rumors as explanations for female advancement — there’s a lot to factor in when discussing the topic. The conversation only grows more dangerously convoluted when personal relationships come into play. All of these make up the focus of Chloe Dumont‘s Fair Play, but it starts with a happy, healthy couple with a bright future. Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) are something of a secret power couple at a successful New York Cit...

A touching and soulful film about those left behind when an indigenous woman goes missing. By Rob Hunter The statistics on missing and murdered Indigenous women reveal sobering truths about the lack of urgency on the matter by authorities at nearly every level of government. It’s a slow motion tragedy hundreds of years in the making, and it’s an unavoidable truth that too little noise is being made about it beyond the voices of the people on the ground. One far-reaching exception has been the handful of feature films (Wind River, 2017), documentaries (Bring Her Home, 2022), and television shows (Alaska Daily, 2022) that choose to give the issue their spotlight. Some handle the topic better than others, and one of the more thoughtful and affecting examples is the new film, Fancy Dance...

Following walked so that Christopher Nolan’s career could run. By Meg Shields Visiting an established director’s first feature is always a treat. Whether they’re charmingly scrappy and unpolished (like John Carpenter’s Dark Star) or unfairly polished (like George Lucas’ THX 1138). Another “first film” wrinkle I personally enjoy is when filmmakers’ debuts feel like an err-text for their whole careers, the destination all roads seem to lead to. The Coen brothers’ first film, Blood Simple, feels protean in this way: a vessel of all the quirks, hallmarks, and flourishes that make a Coen brothers film feel like a Coen brothers film.And as the following video essay argues, the same could be said of Following, the 1998 indie neo-noir that announced the arrival of one Christopher Nolan. E...