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TIFF 2024 Review: Paying For It – “At times exceedingly awkward and at times tender.”

TIFF 2024 Review: Paying For It – “At times exceedingly awkward and at times tender.”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2024 in All, comedy, Comics, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

At the beginning of Sook-Yin Lee’s newest film Paying For It, Sonny (Emily Lê), who is laying in bed next to her partner, Chester (Dan...

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TIFF 2024 Review: Nightbitch – “we all need to feel the freedom to run free”

TIFF 2024 Review: Nightbitch – “we all need to feel the freedom to run free”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2024 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

“What fresh hell awaits you today?” Amy Adams’ character (known simply as Mother) asks herself in the mirror. And...

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TIFF 2024 Review: Sharp Corner – “the performance of Ben Foster is riveting”

TIFF 2024 Review: Sharp Corner – “the performance of Ben Foster is riveting”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

At one point in Sharp Corner, Cobie Smulders’ character, Rachel describes Ben Foster’s Josh as “smug.”  Never...

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TIFF 2024 Review: Bird – “Nykiya Adams is an absolute powerhouse.”

TIFF 2024 Review: Bird – “Nykiya Adams is an absolute powerhouse.”

Posted by on Sep 11, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

“Mum said I was born looking for trouble,” Bailey (Nykiya Adams) says in Andrea Arnold’s latest, Bird.  And yet,...

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TIFF 2024 Review: Daniela Forever – “a high concept film that doesn’t quite stick its landing.”

TIFF 2024 Review: Daniela Forever – “a high concept film that doesn’t quite stick its landing.”

Posted by on Sep 10, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi | 0 comments

When Nick (Henry Golding) suddenly loses this girlfriend, Daniela (Beatrice Grannò) in a tragic accident he is overrun with grief.  And...

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TIFF 2024 Review: Oh, Canada “had a lot to say about regret and redemption”

TIFF 2024 Review: Oh, Canada “had a lot to say about regret and redemption”

Posted by on Sep 9, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

I had a run where the first movie I was seeing at a festival ended up being my favourite.  Call Me By Your Name, CODA, Anatomy of a Fall...

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TIFF 2024 Review: Do I Know You From Somewhere? – “a gem of a film.”

TIFF 2024 Review: Do I Know You From Somewhere? – “a gem of a film.”

Posted by on Sep 8, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

A day one screening for me at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, and of the four films I watched that day this was my...

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Review: The Holdovers – “I’m left with a smile on my face and a yearning to watch it again.”

Review: The Holdovers – “I’m left with a smile on my face and a yearning to watch it again.”

Posted by on Nov 24, 2023 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

There are some movies that enter your life and you know immediately you’ll want to re-visit them.  They may even make it into your regular...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Origin – “Highly recommended.”

TIFF 2023 Review: Origin – “Highly recommended.”

Posted by on Sep 19, 2023 in All, biopic, documentary, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

In 2020 Pulitzer Prize winning writer Isabel Wilkerson released her latest book, Caste: The Origin of Our Discontent.  It became a #1 New...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Backspot – “Devery Jacobs leads with a confident portrayal”

TIFF 2023 Review: Backspot – “Devery Jacobs leads with a confident portrayal”

Posted by on Sep 18, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sport | 0 comments

Not as flashy as, say, Bring it On, not as bleak and dark as 2021’s The Novice, director D.W. Waterson’s Backspot lays somewhere in...

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