TIFF Review: ‘New Order’ is a harrowing, edge-of-your-seat experience
Plot: In one of Mexico’s richest neighborhoods, high-society guests flock to a lavish mansion to celebrate a wedding. But things soon take a tragic turn,... Read More
Film Reviews
TIFF Review: ‘180 Degree Rule’ speaks for countless women whose only language is silence
Plot: Tehran, present day. A school teacher and a mother to a 5-year old daughter is preparing to attend a family wedding in northern Iran.... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Summer of 85’
The opening minutes of SUMMER OF 85 tells us exactly what it’s about. Filmmakers tend to play the Bury Your Gays trope for shock value,... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘No Ordinary Man’ examines the life of legendary trans musician Billy Tipton
I think of myself as many things that define me, the least of which is my gender. It’s not because I was never told what... Read More
Tell me now, how should I feel? One year ago in Venice, one film took the entire festival by storm. A film known only as... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Wolfwalkers’
Tomm Moore, director of THE SECRET OF KELLS (co-produced with Nora Twomey whose THE BREADWINNER premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2017), returns to... Read More
TIFF Review: Darkly comic refugee story ‘Limbo’ is a haunting high wire act that pays off
Plot: A Syrian refugee ends up in a remote area in Scotland. Waiting for his asylum request to be approved, he is transferred to a... Read More
TIFF Review: Femininity is synonymous with strength in ‘Lift Like a Girl’ weightlifting doc
Numerous independent studies have shown that if any given field becomes dominated by women, its inherent value becomes proportionately reduced; not simply in terms of... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Pieces of a Woman’
Plot: A woman grapples with losing her child shortly after birth. Review: A successful character study and an immersive drama that’s not without its flaws,... Read More
Film Review: Millie Bobby Brown charms and outsmarts her adult counterparts in delightful literary romp ‘Enola Holmes’
If the success of the Harry Potter franchise taught us anything, it’s that there is an audience for well-made films aimed at young audiences. Historically... Read More
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