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TIFF 2022 Review: Women Talking – “Sarah Polley’s masterpiece”

TIFF 2022 Review: Women Talking – “Sarah Polley’s masterpiece”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Note: The following review has mentions of sexual abuse and violence “What follows is an act of female imagination,” states a...

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TIFF 2022 Review: The Good Nurse – “Intense and thought-provoking”

TIFF 2022 Review: The Good Nurse – “Intense and thought-provoking”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Adapted by Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Oscar nominated for 1917) from a book by Charles Graeber, The Good Nurse tells the true story of Charles...

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TIFF 2022 Review: What’s Love Got to Do With It? – “An elevated and welcome new slant on the rom-com genre”

TIFF 2022 Review: What’s Love Got to Do With It? – “An elevated and welcome new slant on the rom-com genre”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2022 in All, comedy, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

In the tradition of Richard Curtis British rom-coms like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually comes What’s Love Got to Do...

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TIFF 2022 Review: Baby Ruby – “There are powerful themes explored”

TIFF 2022 Review: Baby Ruby – “There are powerful themes explored”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

“Nothing’s going to be any different. It’s just a baby,” says Josephine (Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on...

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TIFF 2022 Review: Plan 75 – “A quiet, contemplative and largely unsentimental film”

TIFF 2022 Review: Plan 75 – “A quiet, contemplative and largely unsentimental film”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

The population of the world is getting older.  Where I live, in 2012 one in seven Canadians was a senior. By 2030 it will be almost one in...

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TIFF 2022 Review: The Whale – “An intimate and heartbreaking film”

TIFF 2022 Review: The Whale – “An intimate and heartbreaking film”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, Theatre | 0 comments

In an essay about Moby Dick, a writer describes the whale as a ‘large, emotionless animal.’  It’s a writing that when...

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TIFF 2022 Review – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – “A film full of abundant laughs and so many cameos”

TIFF 2022 Review – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – “A film full of abundant laughs and so many cameos”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2022 in All, biopic, comedy, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

“What. Is. Happening?” It was a question I asked myself in disbelief more than once while watching Weird: The Al Yankovic...

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TIFF 2022 Review: The Fabelmans – “A love letter to cinema”

TIFF 2022 Review: The Fabelmans – “A love letter to cinema”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

In 1952, a young boy is being taken to his first movie.  And he’s scared.  He doesn’t know what to expect.  He doesn’t...

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TIFF 2022 Review: Susie Searches – “A lot of fun and nothing overly serious”

TIFF 2022 Review: Susie Searches – “A lot of fun and nothing overly serious”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2022 in All, comedy, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

As a young girl in Ohio, Susie (Kiersey Clemons) and her mother would read detective novels together.  The only problem was, Susie would...

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TIFF 2022 Review: The Swimmers – “A decent crowd pleaser”

TIFF 2022 Review: The Swimmers – “A decent crowd pleaser”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

According to the end credits of The Swimmers, it is estimated that there are 30 million refugees worldwide, half of which are under the...

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