TIFF 2021 Review: Ali & Ava – “Satisfyingly sweet while never becoming overly sentimental”
Films about the working class, while increasing in number, are still not the norm, and romance films even less so. It’s therefore...
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TIFF 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...
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TIFF 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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TIFF 2021 Review: Silent Night “Make no mistake, it is bleak, but it’s also funny”
Prior to the start of Camille Griffin’s Silent Night, the writer-directors feature debut, she had this to say: “I believe as...
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Award Winners Unveiled at TIFF 2021
Some of the star wattage returned for the 46th Toronto International Film Festival which had exclusive in-person screenings along with...
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TIFF 2021 Review: Angakusajaujuq – The Shaman’s Apprentice
A young shaman descends into the underworld with her mentor in an effort to cure a mysteriously ill community member. When a shaman is...
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TIFF 2021 Review: The Mad Women’s Ball – “Haunting and beautiful”
In 1885, Victor Hugo died. He was revered in France, and around the world for that matter, for his work. He was also a man who...
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TIFF 2021 Review: Silent Night
On the eve of the world coming to the end a group of friends come together to fulfill a suicide pact. Nell (Keira Knightley) and Simon...
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TIFF 2021 Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye – “Chastain’s sincerity is palpable”
When one thinks of the late Tammy Faye Bakker now (she passed in 2007), she is often thought of with that overzealous eye makeup, big...
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TIFF 2021 Review: Flee – “The mixing of different animation styles strengthens the emotional impact”
An Afghan refuge living in Denmark recounts fleeing his war-torn homeland as a child in hopes for a better life for him and his family in...
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