TIFF 2021 Review: Belfast – “One of the best films of the year”
“For the ones who stayed. For the ones that left. And to all the ones who were lost.” Such is the dedication for Belfast, the...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: The Devil’s Drivers -“A risky endeavour”
Palestinian drivers smuggle illegal workers into Israel while trying to avoid the military forces sent to catch them. Appropriately the...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Jagged – “A fun trip down memory lane”
I can still remember the first time I heard, and saw, the music video for Alanis Morissette’s smash hit “You Oughta...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Benediction – “An emotional journey”
Traumatized by his time spent on World War I battlefields, English poet Siegfried Sassoon struggles to find love and peace within himself....
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: The Rescue – “It’s about our collective humanity, and what can happen when we all work together”
In 2018, the documentary Free Solo made me sweat as no other movie had before. I am deathly scared of heights, so it played to my every...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Anatolian Leopard – “A melancholy study of a man”
When an Anatolian leopard dies, an unexpected opportunity arises to save the oldest zoo in Turkey from being turned into an amusement park...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Murina – “A confident and stunning debut”
Every morning Julija (Gracija Filipovic) goes spearfishing with her father. Their target during the dives is the murina, the moray eel, a...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain – “The film never lives up to the brilliant first half it creates”
Prior to viewing The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, I was unfamiliar with this British artist. It turns out he was an inventor,...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Colin in Black and White – “Will spark debate”
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick uses his life story to demonstrate how racism towards Blacks by Whites has become...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: The Starling – “Melissa McCarthy gives a mournful, determined and heartfelt performance”
A couple grieving the loss of their infant daughter struggle to reconnect with other another. A whimsical opening showcases a starling...
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