My First Film Review: Zia Anger’s Bold Autobiographical Journey Blurs Fiction and Reality

My First Film Review: Zia Anger’s Bold Autobiographical Journey Blurs Fiction and Reality

My First Film is one of the most unique films I have seen in a while. From what I understand, the movie is at least partially autobiographical, based on events from the life of writer and director Zia Anger. It’s also incredibly meta. The movie stars Odessa Young as Vita, a young director recounting her…

Alien: Romulus Review—A Soul-Crushing Example of Disney’s Nostalgia Overkill

Alien: Romulus Review—A Soul-Crushing Example of Disney’s Nostalgia Overkill

The Alien franchise is returning to theatres across the world with Alien: Romulus, the latest from writer/director Fede Álvarez. I’ve enjoyed some of Álvarez’s previous movies, including the remake of Evil Dead (2013) and Don’t Breathe (2016). The cast of this film includes Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, and Archie Renaux, among others.  The Alien franchise…

Out Come the Wolves – Spoiler Free Review

Out Come the Wolves – Spoiler Free Review

When it comes to creating horror, films often look outside our natural world to make audiences feel uncomfortable. Whether it’s ghosts or aliens, using the unknown can be an incredibly effective way to get some reliable scares. Out Come the Wolves, the latest film from Canadian director Adam MacDonald, recognizes the horror that exists in…

Fantasia 2024 Recap: A Celebration of Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Cinema

Fantasia 2024 Recap: A Celebration of Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Cinema

If you haven’t been checking in with us lately, we’ve been covering the 28th Fantasia Film Festival here in Montreal! The festival ran from July 18th until August 4th, 2024 and included everything from screenings to workshops to book launches. Overall, there were more than 125 features and 200 shorts shown throughout the festival.  In…

Still from the movie Azrael

SLA at Fantasia: Azrael – Movie Review

Azrael, directed by E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills) and written by Simon Barrett (You’re Next, The Guest), is the most hard-hitting movie I’ve seen at Fantasia so far, and it was one of my most-anticipated, too, solely because I saw the words “post-apocalyptic” and “Samara Weaving” in its plot summary. I didn’t need to know anything…

Twisters Turned Me Into a 4DX Believer (Sort Of)

Twisters Turned Me Into a 4DX Believer (Sort Of)

If you’ve read Shea’s roundup of Dune: Part Two in every format, you might have gathered that we’re not the biggest proponents of the more gimmicky formats offered by theatres these days over here at Screen Love Affair. Personally, I find most of them to be unnecessary and distracting. I actively dislike gimmicks like 3D,…

SLA at Fantasia: Timestalker – Spoiler Free Review

SLA at Fantasia: Timestalker – Spoiler Free Review

Our coverage of the Fantasia Film Festival continues with the Canadian premiere of Timestalker, a film from the United Kingdom that stars and was written and directed by Alice Lowe! An excerpt from the synopsis on Rotten Tomatoes reads: “Timestalker follows hapless heroine Agnes through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies…