FrightFest Day Four – Short Film Showcase Two, Wolfkin, H4Z4RD, Torn Hearts and The Price We Pay
With Day Three having featured the best film of the festival so far, Something in the Dirt, I wasn’t sad that we’d reached the penultimate...
Read MoreReview: Burial – “An intriguing and unusual wartime horror”
Directed by Ben Parker Starring Harriet Walker, David Alexander, Charlotte Vega, Tom Felton, Barry Ward, Kristjan Üksküla Fresh from the...
Read MoreReview: Don’t Worry Darling is fine and that’s all it needs to be
Some recent history: Gaslight was released in 1944. Butterfield 8 in 1960, Stepford Wives in 1975, The Color Purple in 1985, Eyes Wide...
Read MoreReview: Silent Land – “Intriguing”
A picture-perfect polish couple are on a relaxing holiday in Italy, but their request for the pool to be repaired starts a chain of events...
Read MoreBond Blog: Spectre – A James Bond Retrospective
First published in March 2020. Following the triumph of Skyfall, the fourth Daniel Craig Bond was always going to have a hard time living...
Read MoreAnd That’s a Wrap for TIFF 2022
When I broke my foot at the beginning of the year, I figured that there was plenty of time for it to heal properly for the 47th Toronto...
Read MoreTIFF 2022 Review: Bros – “It has undeniable universal appeal”
There’s a scene in Bros where Billy Eichner’s character, Bobby, has a monologue outlining all the discrimination that he has had to...
Read MoreTIFF 2022 Review: Prisoner’s Daughter – “A pretty straightforward family drama”
Not having heard from her father, Max (Brian Cox) for over a decade, Maxine (Kate Beckinsale) is surprised, and not particularly happy, to...
Read MoreTIFF 2022 Review: Paris Memories – “A character-driven film that is crafted with care and sensitivity”
On November 13, 2015 in Paris a series of co-ordinated attacks by terrorists killed 130 people. Director and co-writer Alice...
Read MoreTIFF 2022 Review: Causeway – “A sensitive and significant portrayal of the different ways we deal with trauma and grief”
When Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence) went to Afghanistan as part of the US Army Corps of Engineers she didn’t expect to return home this...
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