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TIFF 2020 Review: New Order

Posted by on Sep 15, 2020 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Unapologetically violent, blatantly graphic and unrelentingly bleak, New Order is not for the faint of heart.  Directed by Michel Franco,...

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TIFF 2020 Review: Another Round – “A tragic comedy”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2020 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

There is a Norwegian psychologist, Finn Skårderud, who claims that humans are born with a blood alcohol level that is 0.05% too low.  He...

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TIFF 2020 Review: Nomadland – “Will stay with you long after watching”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2020 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Empire, a small town in Nevada, relied completely on a gypsum sheetrock plant for its survival.  Its shutdown during the recession meant...

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TIFF 2020 Review: Penguin Bloom

Posted by on Sep 13, 2020 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

On a family vacation to Thailand in 2013, the Blooms appear to be making every second count – surfing, strolling the markets,...

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TIFF 2020 Review: Enemies of the State

Posted by on Sep 13, 2020 in All, documentary, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

The opening of the new documentary Enemies of the State begins with an Oscar Wilde quote from The Importance of being Earnest: The truth...

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TIFF 2020 Review: Shiva Baby

Posted by on Sep 12, 2020 in All, comedy, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

They say to write what you know, and Canadian filmmaker Emma Seligman did that just with her confident debut feature, the dark comedy...

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TIFF 2020 Review: Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Posted by on Sep 12, 2020 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

In Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, a look across a room is the start of a love story for Márta (Natasa Stork),...

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TIFF 2020 Review: Holler

Posted by on Sep 12, 2020 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Holler focuses on a small Ohio town, peaceful, yet melancholy, a manufacturing plant stands tall, its smokestack one of the last still...

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TIFF 2020 Review: Inconvenient Indian

Posted by on Sep 12, 2020 in All, documentary, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

“The truth about stories is, that’s all we are… So you have to be careful of the stories you tell, and the stories...

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TIFF 2019 Review: Jojo Rabbit – “There is sensitivity here and a more meaningful message”

Posted by on Sep 17, 2019 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

The opening of Jojo Rabbit sets the scene for what is to come – The Beatles singing “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in German as black...

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