TIFF 2023 Review: Uproar – “A complex search for self”
In 1981, the South African rugby team, the Springboks, toured New Zealand, sparking violent protests. Kiwis were speaking out against the...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Chuck Chuck Baby – “A film for anyone that sings with reckless abandon”
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....
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Woman of the Hour – “Kendrick is willing to go to uncomfortable places”
In the category of life being stranger than fiction, a serial killer becomes a contestant on a television dating show. Struggling to make...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person – “A welcome debut from a director with a unique voice.”
There can be a lot at ‘stake’ trying to breathe new life into the vampire genre, but all kidding aside, Humanist Vampire...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: All the Light We Cannot See
An illegal French radio broadcasts brings together the blind teenager host and a German solider tasked in finding her and ending the...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Arthur & Diana – “Displays a light touch which is refreshing”
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...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: The Zone of Interest – “Intensely horrifying”
In 2013 I remember sitting down at what is now called Toronto Metropolitan University in order to watch a film called Under the Skin. ...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Fitting In – “Nuanced and sensitive in its approach”
“The body is not a thing, but a situation.” An appropriate opening to Molly McGlynn’s semi-autobiographical feature,...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Woman of the Hour – “A confident, fearless directorial debut for Anna Kendrick”
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...
Read MoreTIFF 2023 Review: Finestkind
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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