‘Mistress Dispeller’ Review: Provocative Doc Follows a Woman Investigating Her Husband’s Infidelity | TIFF
In 2000, less than one-tenth of Chinese men and women (mostly men) cheated on their spouse. Some experts have blamed the ballooning economy for the... Read More
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‘To a Land Unknown’ Review: Mahdi Fleifel’s Unforgettable Feature Debut is a Rousing Reflection on Displacement | TIFF
In Mahdi Fleifel’s much-anticipated feature debut, following a number of widely acclaimed shorts, the refugee experience is depicted in ways very few films have succeeded... Read More
‘The Last Showgirl’ Review: Gia Coppola Gives Pamela Anderson the Role of a Lifetime in a Performance of Tenderness and Grace | TIFF
There is a scene towards the latter half of Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl that encapsulates the lonely, tender heart of the film. Shelley (Pamela... Read More
‘The Return’ Review: Uberto Pasolini Beautifully Reinterprets “The Odyssey” with the Reunion of Juliette Binoche and a Ripped Ralph Fiennes | TIFF
It’s quite a risk to take an epic poem and only adapt the non-mythical parts into a film. After all, this isn’t the nth take... Read More
‘Hard Truths’ Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste Sears the Screen in Mike Leigh’s Carefully Observed Mediation on Black Joy and Sadness | TIFF
Malcolm X once said the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person is the black woman. One of the consequences of such a state is a... Read More
‘Piece by Piece’ Review: Pharrell Williams and an All-Star LEGO Lineup Tells a Life Story Too Neatly Clicked in Place | TIFF
The first question I, like many other people, thought about Piece By Piece was “Why is it in LEGO?” It turns out, via the opening... Read More
‘Perfumed with Mint’ Review: From Egypt’s Arab Spring Muhammed Hamdy’s Striking Debut of a Wounded Generation Was Born | TIFF
In 2011, Egyptians dreamt of change, social justice and an end to decades-long corruption. The January 25th revolution, led primarily by the younger generation was... Read More
‘All We Imagine as Light’ Review: Payal Kapadia’s Powerful Look at Women’s Lives in an Ever-Changing India | TIFF
The first lighthouse in recorded history was the Pharos of Alexandria, built in 280 BC. It towered upon the shore of Ancient Egypt, the vast... Read More
‘Nightbitch’ Review: Amy Adams Goes Feral in Marielle Heller’s Neutered Adaptation of Stressed-Out Mom Novel | TIFF
‘Motherhood is a Bitch.’ So says the tagline of the new Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) film starring Amy Adams as the titular... Read More
‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: Yeo Siew Hua Rivets with Voyeuristic Missing Child Drama | Venice
Singapore is among the most densely populated cities in the world with almost every street under surveillance by CCTV cameras. This is the setting for... Read More
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