TIFF Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? – “Melissa McCarthy delivers her best performance to date”
At a literary party close to the beginning of Can You Ever Forgive Me? an author comments that he doesn’t believe in writer’s...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Her Smell – “Elisabeth Moss is mesmerizing”
There were a lot of music-centric films this year at the Toronto International Film Festival, most revolving around women musicians. Vox...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Colette
Director Wash Westmoreland and his late partner Richard Glatzer last visited the Toronto International Film Festival with Still Alice,...
Read MoreTIFF Review: The Weekend – “A delightful comedy”
It’s fairly common that festival viewing tends to revolve around more serious subject matter – case in point the multiple stories of...
Read MoreTIFF 2018: In Conversation with Michal Aviad, Director of Working Woman
No stranger to the film industry, director Michal Aviad has been a strong female voice since she started making movies. Before the...
Read MoreTIFF Review: High Life – “Disturbing and uncomfortable to watch”
The opening sequence of High Life shows Robert Pattinson fixing the outside of a spaceship. Inside, a baby girl in a makeshift play-pen is...
Read MoreTIFF Review: A Million Little Pieces
At the beginning of Million Little Pieces a quote by Mark Twain adorns the screen: “I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life. ...
Read MoreTIFF Review: A Star is Born – “Bradley Cooper’s dazzling directorial debut”
The roar of the crowd is deafening. You can feel it in your chest and your ears object to the insult but it’s like you’re...
Read MoreTIFF Review: The Lie
How far would you go to protect your child? It’s the question that Canadian director Veena Sud (probably best known for...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Tell it to the Bees
A lot has changed in this world since the 1950’s, though this film may make you question that. Whispers and rumours still flourish...
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