TIFF 2022 Review: Holy Spider -“There is a clinical approach to the film-making”
A serial killer is targeting prostitutes in Iran’s spiritual capital of Mashhad and a journalist is determined to bring him to justice. A...
Read MoreTIFF 2022 Review: Decision to Leave – “Not your typical love story”
A detective finds himself falling love with the prime suspect in a murder investigation. A mountain climber is found to have plummeted to...
Read MoreTIFF 2022 Review: Canary
In 1922, an adolescent coalminer teaches a caged canary how to play dead which leads to mischievous antics and unexpected consequences....
Read MoreTIFF 2022 Review: Broker – “Stellar performances”
A police investigation into a baby box at a church being used for human trafficking intwines lives of those involved with the case. In the...
Read MoreGetting Personally in Touch with TIFF 2022
There is something to be said for watching movies on a computer screen in your pyjamas and then immediately after writing and posting a...
Read MoreDVD/Blu-ray Review: The Bad Guys – “The hybrid illustrative/anime style heightens the storytelling”
A notorious gang of criminals led by Mr. Wolf attempt to avoid a prison sentence by pretending to become model citizens under the tutelage...
Read MoreMakoto Shinkai Blu-Ray Retrospective: The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Centimeters Per Second & Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Trevor Hogg gets to reflect on the early works of Makoto Shinkai with new Blu-ray editions released by GKIDS and Shout! Factory… ...
Read MoreReview: Air Doll – “There is a faerie tale quality to the story”
A lonely middle-aged waiter gets companionship and sexual gratification from a life-sized air doll that comes to life when he is not...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: One Second – “A charming tribute to cinema”
A Chinese labour camp prisoner escapes in order to see newsreel footage of his estranged daughter. A mysterious man appears in a surreal...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Terrorizers – “Every frame is carefully composed and beautifully lit”
The cause and effect of a disturbed Ming Liang (Austin Lin) committing a slashing attack in public is explored through his interactions...
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