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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 York Times Bestseller and stayed on the US bestsellers list for over a year. In that book, Wilkerson looks at the historical roots of discrimination in America and finds its basis within the caste system. She writes, “Caste is the infrastructure of our divisions. It...
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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 between when it comes to the world of teen sports. Here they put the spotlight on the elite athletes of a top cheerleading squad to look at the effects the rigour of training and pressure of competition have on their physical and mental health. Riley (Devery Jacobs) and...
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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 birthday, a seemingly reasonable reason for a short visit, even if his roommate tries to talk him out of it. “I’m just a disappointment to them,” Sam voices, still feeling trepidatious about the trip. Having moved to Toronto to start fresh and transition, this young...
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Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: The Movie Emperor – “Andy Lau fully embraces this irreverent attitude”
Movie star Lau Wai-Chi decides to star in a project that will dominant the film festival circuit and lead to numerous awards. After losing the Best Actor Award to a performer playing a peasant, Lau Wai-Chi decides to attempt to do the same thing. A research trip provides extra material that gets incorporated into the script and causes complications when a gift from a villager gets discarded and...
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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 revealed that the name of the film is actually the most popular pub name in Australia. So even though they shot in a town of 29 people in an abandoned building, the ubiquity of the name sends the message that this could be anywhere, any place and, for women, that this could...
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Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Dumb Money
Amateur investor and YouTube influencer Keith Gill goes against high profile hedge fund managers states that the GameStop stock is extremely undervalued sparking a buying spree that threatens the financial establishment. An unlikely battle erupts as billionaire hedge fund managers like Gabe Plotkin (Seth Rogen) bet against GameStop stock while Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who operates a YouTube channel called...
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Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: A Normal Family
When their children commit an unspeakable crime, two brothers are torn between family loyalties and being socially responsible. A road rage incident that results in a person getting run over and an eight-year-old girl being placed into intensive care, starts things off and introduces two brothers who represent opposite sides of the moral compass. One is a lawyer who will use unscrupulous tactics to...
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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 wouldn’t it be different in the studio, in front of people, with an audience on the other end of the camera? Anne (Akwafina), never one to put herself front and centre, is about to find out. Anne prefers the comfort of her own home or blending into the background...
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