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TIFF 2019 Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

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

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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TIFF 2019: Director Heather Young on her First Feature Film, Murmur

TIFF 2019: Director Heather Young on her First Feature Film, Murmur

Posted by on Sep 5, 2019 in All, documentary, drama, Film, Interviews, News | 0 comments

“It’s a bit overwhelming at times,” says director Heather Young, speaking on the phone from Halifax a few weeks prior to the premiere of...

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TIFF Review: Destroyer – “Nicole Kidman embodies this dark character in a haunting performance”

TIFF Review: Destroyer – “Nicole Kidman embodies this dark character in a haunting performance”

Posted by on Sep 19, 2018 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

You’ve never really seen a cop drama quite like this one. Or at least not with this lead. Never before has a female cop been shown to be...

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TIFF Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? – “Melissa McCarthy delivers her best performance to date”

TIFF Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? – “Melissa McCarthy delivers her best performance to date”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2018 in All, biopic, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

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...

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TIFF Review: Her Smell – “Elisabeth Moss is mesmerizing”

TIFF Review: Her Smell – “Elisabeth Moss is mesmerizing”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2018 in All, drama, Film, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

There were a lot of music-centric films this year at the Toronto International Film Festival, most revolving around women musicians.  Vox...

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TIFF Review: Colette

TIFF Review: Colette

Posted by on Sep 15, 2018 in All, biopic, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Director Wash Westmoreland and his late partner Richard Glatzer last visited the Toronto International Film Festival with Still Alice,...

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TIFF Review: The Weekend – “A delightful comedy”

TIFF Review: The Weekend – “A delightful comedy”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2018 in All, comedy, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

It’s fairly common that festival viewing tends to revolve around more serious subject matter – case in point the multiple stories of...

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TIFF 2018: In Conversation with Michal Aviad, Director of Working Woman

TIFF 2018: In Conversation with Michal Aviad, Director of Working Woman

Posted by on Sep 14, 2018 in All, Film, Headline, Interviews, News | 0 comments

No stranger to the film industry, director Michal Aviad has been a strong female voice since she started making movies.  Before the...

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TIFF Review: High Life – “Disturbing and uncomfortable to watch”

TIFF Review: High Life – “Disturbing and uncomfortable to watch”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2018 in All, drama, Film, Reviews, sci-fi | 0 comments

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...

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