TIFF 2019 Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – “A complete delight to watch”
From the very first frames of Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood there is a sense of nostalgia and comfort. If...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: Bombay Rose
On the streets of Bombay, a Hindu girl discovers love with a Muslim boy; however, the needs of her family and societal pressures threaten...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: White Lie
University undergraduate Katie Arneson is a poster child for cancer awareness and fundraising; however, it is all built upon a lie. ...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: Blow the Man Down
Get ready to have some sea shanties rolling around in your head after watching Blow the Man Down. Set in the small town of Easter Cove,...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: Parasite
An unemployed father, mother, daughter and son see an opportunity to make money by conning a wealthy family. When a friend offers Ki-woo a...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: Proxima
“The hard part isn’t leaving, it’s coming back realizing the world has gone on without you,” says one of the...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: Murmur
In the end, all we really want as human beings is a connection. People find these connections in many different ways, through work,...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has multiple meanings in this film. It is not only the name of an actual portrait painted of one of its...
Read MoreTIFF 2019 Review: American Son
I am completely unqualified to unpack every nuance in American Son, and there are a lot of them here. Any unconscious bias I wish...
Read MoreTIFF 2019: Director Heather Young on her First Feature Film, Murmur
“It’s a bit overwhelming at times,” says director Heather Young, speaking on the phone from Halifax a few weeks prior to the premiere of...
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