Sundance 2025 Review: Sorry, Baby – “A film with humour and heart.”
A warning – this film, and hence this review, mentions sexual assault. Please take care while reading. I didn’t really know...
Read MoreSundance 2025 Review: Prime Minister – “Makes a world leader approachable and understandable.”
In 2017, Jacinda Ardern became the self-described ‘reluctant’ Prime Minister of New Zealand. Just weeks before an election...
Read MoreSundance 2025 Review: Brides – “The filmmakers create empathy while exploring the reasons for their decisions.”
Two teenagers sit in an airport, sharing a milkshake and scarfing fries. They look slightly older than their fifteen years, perhaps...
Read MoreReview: Across the River and Into the Trees – “A fine film, elevated with solid performances”
In 1950, Ernest Hemingway published the novel, Across the River and Into the Trees. Apparently, Tennessee Williams said it was ‘the...
Read MoreReview: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – “A warm celebration of a life lived”
Mats Steen was born to parents Robert and Trude in 1989. They were ecstatic at his arrival, loving parents that documented his early...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: Sweet Angel Baby – “the overriding message is still triumphant.”
When you’re a little bit ‘different’ from the rest, you might be apt to hide parts of yourself. This is even more true if you live in a...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: Addition – “What starts out as a more typical rom-com does become more serious in the second half”
To Grace Lisa Vandenburg (Teresa Palmer), everything is seen in numbers. There are nineteen letters in her name, for instance. The...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: The Assessment – “Fortuné directs with assuredness and a clear vision.”
In a futuristic world, a voice reports atmospheric pressure and radioactivity statistics under ‘the dome.’ It’s a...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Reviews: Matt and Mara, All of You
Two titles at the Toronto International Film Festival I viewed stood out as having similar themes. What happens when friends discover, or...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: The Fire Inside – “takes the typical formula of an underdog sports story and turns it on its head.”
In 2016, boxer Claressa Shields became the first, and only, American boxer to win back-to-back gold medals at the Olympic Games. She went...
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