Review: Failure to Protect – “An eye-opening film”
Failure to protect refers to a law that can charge a parent for any lack of action that leads to harm of a child. It was a policy devised...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Origin – “Highly recommended.”
In 2020 Pulitzer Prize winning writer Isabel Wilkerson released her latest book, Caste: The Origin of Our Discontent. It became a #1 New...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Backspot – “Devery Jacobs leads with a confident portrayal”
Not as flashy as, say, Bring it On, not as bleak and dark as 2021’s The Novice, director D.W. Waterson’s Backspot lays somewhere in...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Close To You – “Elliot Page’s powerful performance is the reason the film clicks”
After over four years of being away from home, Sam (Elliot Page) is finally feeling like he might be ready to return. It’s his father’s...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: The Royal Hotel – “Uses the thriller genre to ramp up the tension.”
In a Q&A period after the second screening of The Royal Hotel at the Toronto International Film Festival, director Kitty Green...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Quiz Lady – “A fun and delightful comedy”
Have you ever wondered from the warmth and comfort of your couch if you could win Jeopardy? Sure, you know all the answers at home, but...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: NYAD – “It’s about the journey as much as the accomplishment.”
“A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck with it,” a poster on the wall says. After 30 years of not swimming, Diana Nyad...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Lee – “Compelling and moving moments”
Kate Winslet rarely disappoints, especially in period pieces, and the same rings true in Lee, a biopic that tells the story of Lee Miller,...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Wicked Little Letters – “A joyous, light-hearted comedy”
“This is more true than you’d think” states the beginning of Wicked Little Letters. And the fact that this is based on...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Flora and Son – “Warms your soul and brings you comfort.”
Sometimes all you want is a nice movie. The sort that warms your soul and brings you comfort. If you’re on the hunt for such a...
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