Pages Navigation Menu

"No matter where you go, there you are."

Advert

TIFF 2023 Review: Memory – “Quiet and tender”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Back in 2020, covering the Toronto International Film Festival from home,  I watched a film that left me wide-eyed, mouth open, not...

Read More

TIFF 2023 Review: The Teacher’s Lounge – “A well-crafted film”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

“Truth overcomes all bonds. Everything else is just PR.” Those words that adorn the walls of the school paper are fitting, if not slightly...

Read More

TIFF 2023 Review: The End We Start From – “An apocalyptic drama with a unique take.”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

As climate change continues to get more severe around the globe, we are left with questions as to what we will do when catastrophe hits....

Read More

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...

Read More

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....

Read More

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...

Read More

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. ...

Read More

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,...

Read More

TIFF 2023 Review: Death of a Whistleblower – “So much potential”

Posted by on Sep 9, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Death of a Whistleblower starts off so unexpectedly with such intrigue and mystery.  A woman on a military base is in an argument, running...

Read More

TIFF 2023 Review: Summer Qamp – “An overwhelming sense of optimism”

Posted by on Sep 9, 2023 in All, documentary, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

It’s easy to see why director Jen Markowitz was inspired to bring the stories of those attending Camp fYrefly to the screen for her...

Read More