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TIFF 2019 Review: Hope Gap – “At its best when Bening and Nighy are sharing the screen”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

A relationship, especially a failing one, is all about the details. In this case, it can be as small as not offering a cup of tea or not...

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TIFF 2019 Review: Just Mercy

Posted by on Sep 10, 2019 in All, biopic, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

A startling statistic comes across the screen at the end of Just Mercy – that for every nine people executed on death row, one of...

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TIFF 2019 Review: Ordinary Love – “The truthful depiction of a middle-aged love story”

Posted by on Sep 10, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

Perhaps the greatest love stories are the ones seldom told – those of enduring love.  Tales of love that have survived not only...

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TIFF 2019 Review: The Audition

Posted by on Sep 8, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Perfection is the only option for Anna Bronsky (Nina Hoss).  A violin teacher at an arts high school, she goes against the opinion of her...

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TIFF 2019 Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – “A complete delight to watch”

Posted by on Sep 8, 2019 in All, biopic, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

From the very first frames of Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood there is a sense of nostalgia and comfort.  If...

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TIFF 2019 Review: Blow the Man Down

Posted by on Sep 7, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

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,...

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TIFF 2019 Review: Proxima

Posted by on Sep 7, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

“The hard part isn’t leaving, it’s coming back realizing the world has gone on without you,” says one of the...

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TIFF 2019 Review: Murmur

Posted by on Sep 6, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

In the end, all we really want as human beings is a connection.  People find these connections in many different ways, through work,...

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TIFF 2019 Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Posted by on Sep 6, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

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...

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TIFF 2019 Review: American Son

Posted by on Sep 6, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

I am completely unqualified to unpack every nuance in American Son, and there are a lot of them here.  Any unconscious bias I wish...

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