Andy Howell

The Smell of Apples

By Andy Howell | September 2026

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! The Smell of Apples is a stunning, shocking, masterful look at apartheid in 1974 South Africa…

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! The Smell of Apples is a stunning, shocking, masterful look at apartheid in 1974 South Africa told in such...

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While you may know me on Film Threat primarily as a film critic (which I also did for years at Ain’t It Cool News as Copernicus), I’m also a...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Steal This Story, Please! is a masterful documentary, written and directed by Carl Deal and Tia...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Sunshine Express, from Iranian writer/director Amirali Navaee, is a magnificently weird and...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! You Had to Be There is the short title of writer-director Nick Davis and writer Jane Mendelsohn's...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! In Tuner, Dustin Hoffman plays Henry, a lively, warm-hearted piano tuner. However, his advanced age is...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! Nouvelle Vague, the latest and perhaps greatest feature from Richard Linklater, tells the story of the...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! Sound of Falling is the epic tale of four girls and their families, all inhabitants of the same...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! Winter of the Crow is a fascinating, smart Cold War thriller by Polish director Kasia Adamik. Academy...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEW! Steve, written by Max Porter and directed by Tim Mielants, stars Cillian Murphy in the titular role as...

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