Film Reviews

‘Happy Holidays’ Review: Scandar Copti’s Winning Screenplay Offers an Unflinching Look at the Impossibilities of Integration | TIFF

Fresh off a well-deserved Orizzonti Award win for Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival, Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays lands… Read More

September 16, 2024

‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: Rungano Nyoni Blends Fantasy and Reality in Daring Story of Generational Trauma and Relief | TIFF

A car passes along a dark road at night, then stops when a body appears. The driver, dressed like Missy… Read More

September 16, 2024

‘The Deb’ Review: Not Quite a Rebel Yell But Wilson’s Dynamic Directorial Debut Delights | TIFF

The most successful actor-turn-directors tend to be those who have a clearly-defined voice that they are able to transfer from… Read More

September 14, 2024

‘The Fire Inside’ Review: Rachel Morrison’s Directorial Feature debut is a Sincere Yet Unremarkable, By-the-Numbers Sports Biopic | TIFF

Award-winning cinematographer Rachel Morrison (the first woman ever Oscar-nominated for cinematography) makes her feature debut with The Fire Inside, an… Read More

September 12, 2024

‘The Life of Chuck’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Offbeat Stephen King-Based Tom Hiddleston Drama Mostly Hits the Mark | TIFF

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” So goes Walt Whitman’s… Read More

September 12, 2024

‘All of You’ Review: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots’ Chemistry Can’t Save an Underdeveloped, Badly Paced Sci-Fi Romance | TIFF

Every year, the Toronto International Film Festival has a handful of small scale science fiction relationship dramas, all hoping to… Read More

September 12, 2024

‘Transformers One’ Review: Josh Cooley’s Funny, Cool Cybertron Prequel Finds Chris Hemsworth in his Optimistic Prime

With endless franchises and origin stories, it is rare to encounter a film that brings a fresh perspective to both.… Read More

September 12, 2024

‘Việt and Nam’ Review: Trương Minh Quý’s Haunting and Melancholic Look at a Country Struggling with its Past | TIFF

Life can be a series of question marks that are never resolved. We may forever wrestle with the possibilities and… Read More

September 11, 2024

‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant is a Creep and a Weirdo in Deviously Devilish Debate About Religion | TIFF

Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton are doing missionary work for the Mormon Church. Paxton (Chloe East from The Fabelmans) is… Read More

September 10, 2024

‘Speak No Evil’ Review: James McAvoy Stars as a Sexy Villain in Remake That’ll Make You Scream

If you thought the streaming era finally helped people get over their fear of the one-inch barrier of subtitles, Hollywood… Read More

September 9, 2024

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