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TIFF 2023 Review: Pain Hustlers

Posted by on Sep 14, 2023 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, TV | 0 comments

A financially struggling pole dancer accepts a job offer from sales representative at pharmaceutical startup that is on the verge of...

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TIFF 2023 Review: The End We Start From

Posted by on Sep 14, 2023 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews, romance, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

An environmental disaster causes a new mother, her partner and their infant to leave London and seek refuge in the English countryside. As...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Seven Veils – “The story at times becomes extremely unsettling”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2023 in All, drama, Film, musical, Reviews, romance, thriller | 0 comments

While remounting and directing the Canadian Opera Company production of Salome in honour of her mentor, Jeanine faces her own personal...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Wicked Little Letters – “A joyous, light-hearted comedy”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, comedy, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

“This is more true than you’d think” states the beginning of Wicked Little Letters.  And the fact that this is based on...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Lee

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in biopic, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance, war | 0 comments

Former model Lee Miller transitions to being a news photographer for Vogue and documents the atrocities caused by World War II. Tired of...

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TIFF 2023 Review: One Life – “It is in the flashbacks where the story excels”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, biopic, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, war | 0 comments

British stockbroker Sir. Nicholas Winton remains haunted by his time spent in Prague to evacuate refugee children from the expansion of...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Bad Boy – “Compelling performance”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, drama, Headline, indie, Reviews, thriller, TV | 0 comments

After his mother reports him to the police, teenage Dean gets sent away to a brutal juvenile detention facility which lays the foundation...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Flora and Son – “Warms your soul and brings you comfort.”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, musical, Reviews | 0 comments

Sometimes all you want is a nice movie.  The sort that warms your soul and brings you comfort.  If you’re on the hunt for such a...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Memory – “Quiet and tender”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Back in 2020, covering the Toronto International Film Festival from home,  I watched a film that left me wide-eyed, mouth open, not...

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TIFF 2023 Review: The Teacher’s Lounge – “A well-crafted film”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

“Truth overcomes all bonds. Everything else is just PR.” Those words that adorn the walls of the school paper are fitting, if not slightly...

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