TIFF Review: The Factory
When a factory is shutdown a group of former workers decide to kidnap and demand a ransom for the owner. A disfigured military veteran...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Firecrackers
For two girls living in a rural Canadian town, their dream is just escape. Escape from the oppressive forces that are threatening their...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Emu Runner
A 9-year old Aboriginal girl grieving the loss of her mother forms a spiritual bond with the fast running emu. Gem (Rhae-Kye Waites) runs...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Blind Spot
A suicide attempt by a teenage girl shocks her parents. Two female high school students and handball teammates walk and talk together...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Teen Spirit
At its core, Teen Spirit is a love letter to pop music, something writer/director Max Minghella (seen most recently as Nick in The...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Phoenix
A high school student looks after her brother and mentally ill mother; things seem to be looking better for them with a pending visit from...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Greta
If you’re ever nostalgic for those fun, jumpy thrillers of the early 90’s (Single White Female, I’m looking at you!),...
Read MoreTIFF Review: The Kindergarten Teacher
“In a couple of years you’ll be a shadow, just like me,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s character Lisa tells her young...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Wildlife
At times during Wildlife, you have to remind yourself that this is Paul Dano’s directorial debut. An actor first, perhaps best...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Tito and the Birds
Like his father before him, a young boy believes that understanding bird songs is the key for curing the world from an epidemic of fear. A...
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