The fifth annual Robin and Valerie International Film Festival, the at-home event we created to replace the Toronto International Film Festi

On the last day of any RVIFF I try to program titles on the fun or accessible side that could still play a film fest. Let’s see how close I

A Poet (Colombia, Simón Mesa Soto, 2025, 4) spotting talent in an impoverished 15 year old, a trainwreck has-been poet (Ubeimar Rios) introd

The Blue Trail (Brazil, Gabriel Mascaro, 2025, 4) With her 75th birthday looming, and with it mandatory internment, a determined woman hits

Sound of Falling (Germany, Mascha Schilinski, 2025, 5) In interwoven episodes from the 20th century and today, socially mandated cruelty, mi

Letty Lynton (USA, Clarence Brown, 1932, 4) Heiress with a past (Joan Crawford) falls for a charming good guy (Robert Montgomery) but her da

The Currents (Argentina, Milagros Mumenthaler, 2025, 4) Busy fashion stylist (Isabel Aimé González-Sola) conceals her suicide attempt and wo

Sujo (Mexico, Astrid Rondero & Fernanda Valadez, 2024, 4) A murdered Sicario's son (Juan Jesús Varela) grows up and attempts to walk a diffe

Daughter's Daughter (Taiwan, Huang Xi, 2024, 4) When the daughter she too much resembles and thus frequently clashes with (Eugenie Liu) dies

My Father's Shadow (Nigeria/UK, Akinola Davies Jr., 2025, 4) Preteen brothers see a new side of their often-absent father when he takes them

A Ken and Robin Consume Media Special Feature Once again, my wife Valerie and I are attending our own at-home film festival. It takes the pl

Liminal horrors! Haunted woods. Gothic vengeance. Time travel by boat and sneeze. Heartfelt family drama. Tokusatsu goofballery! Members of

Some of you and/or your offspring are back at school already, but the Great Pelgrane has waited until now to flap off in search of supplies. He particularly enjoys picking out colored pencils, four…