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TIFF 2023 Review: Uproar – “A complex search for self”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2023 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

In 1981, the South African rugby team, the Springboks, toured New Zealand, sparking violent protests.  Kiwis were speaking out against the...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Chuck Chuck Baby – “A film for anyone that sings with reckless abandon”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2023 in All, comedy, Film, musical, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

To call Chuck Chuck Baby a musical is a bit of a stretch.  At best it’s a jukebox musical for the less musically inclined....

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TIFF 2023 Review: Woman of the Hour – “Kendrick is willing to go to uncomfortable places”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2023 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

In the category of life being stranger than fiction, a serial killer becomes a contestant on a television dating show. Struggling to make...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person – “A welcome debut from a director with a unique voice.”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2023 in All, comedy, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews | 0 comments

There can be a lot at ‘stake’ trying to breathe new life into the vampire genre, but all kidding aside, Humanist Vampire...

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TIFF 2023 Review: All the Light We Cannot See

Posted by on Sep 11, 2023 in action, All, drama, Headline, Reviews, romance, thriller, TV, war | 0 comments

An illegal French radio broadcasts brings together the blind teenager host and a German solider tasked in finding her and ending the...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Arthur & Diana – “Displays a light touch which is refreshing”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2023 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

Siblings Arthur and Diana along with the latter’s two-year-old son head from Berlin to Paris for the annual safety inspection of their...

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TIFF 2023 Review: The Zone of Interest – “Intensely horrifying”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, war | 2 comments

In 2013 I remember sitting down at what is now called Toronto Metropolitan University in order to watch a film called Under the Skin. ...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Fitting In – “Nuanced and sensitive in its approach”

Posted by on Sep 10, 2023 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 6 comments

“The body is not a thing, but a situation.” An appropriate opening to Molly McGlynn’s semi-autobiographical feature,...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Woman of the Hour – “A confident, fearless directorial debut for Anna Kendrick”

Posted by on Sep 9, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 1 comment

I am very glad that the premiere screening of Woman of the Hour let out in daylight hours, when the thought of walking home from the...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Finestkind

Posted by on Sep 9, 2023 in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 2 comments

Seeking a break from the family expectations of becoming a lawyer, Charlie decides to work on his brother’s fishing trawler for the...

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