Corey Hawkins On Diving “Unapologetically” Into Themes Of Trauma, Community & Family Legacy With ‘The Man In My Basement’ – Toronto Studio

Corey Hawkins On Diving “Unapologetically” Into Themes Of Trauma, Community & Family Legacy With ‘The Man In My Basement’ – Toronto Studio

THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT Section: Discovery Director: Nadia Latif Screenwriter: Walter Mosley & Nadia Latif Logline: When a mysterious man (Willem Dafoe) approaches Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) to rent his basement for a generous sum, Blakey is drawn into a chilling reality involving his own family’s hidden history in Nadia Latif’s adaptation of Walter […]

TIFF 2025 Day Two: 'The Man in My Basement','No Other Choice', 'Good News'

I decided to start off Day Two with another lighthearted comedy; Nadia Latif’s The Man in My Basement. Just kidding, this is a weighty, emotional horror anchored by two (literal?) killer performances by Corey Hawkins and the always-great Willem Dafoe. As much as you might have expectations of a horror film that centres around the relationship between captor and captive, this one subverts pretty much all of them while taking the power struggle be…