Reviews: Dead Man’s Wire from TIFF 2025 September 24, 2025 Dead Man’s Wire is a true story about a man in 1977 who kidnaps the son of a bank manager to help pay off his mortgage, but is the hero of the story. Continue Reading
Reviews: The Testament of Ann Lee from TIFF 2025 September 19, 2025 The Testament of Ann Lee is a religious musical about the founding of the Shaker Movement in 1700’s America starring Amanda Seyfried. Continue Reading
Reviews: Sacrifice from TIFF 2025 September 15, 2025 Final Rating: 3.5/5 Sacrifice, directed by Romain Gavras, is a hilarious political satire skewering performative activism at the highest levels of society. Reminiscent of… Continue Reading
Reviews: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain from TIFF 2025 September 13, 2025 Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is an animated film about a young Belgian girl growing up in post-war Japan and her experiences in the world. Continue Reading
Reviews: Junk World from TIFF 2025 September 12, 2025 Final Rating: 3.5/5 Junk World is an impressive and novel stop-motion adventure. While the background lore of director Takahide Hori’s world can be hard… Continue Reading
Reviews: Mare’s Nest from TIFF 2025 September 4, 2025 Mare’s Nest tells a series of stories from the perspective of one girl named Moon in a world without adults and how things would function. Continue Reading
Reviews: Dry Leaf from TIFF 2025 September 3, 2025 Final Rating: 4/5 Dry Leaf is a challenging, deeply affecting film showcasing a unique view of the Georgian countryside. Shot on a 2008 Sony… Continue Reading
Reviews: Self-Help from FrightFest 2025 August 25, 2025 Final Rating: 3/5 Not quite a movie about cults, not quite a home invasion movie, Self-Help, from director Erik Bloomquist, is inventively subversive in… Continue Reading
Reviews: Contact Lens from Fantasia Festival 2025 August 20, 2025 Final Rating: 4/5 Contact Lens begins with an unnamed woman putting in a contact lens as an alarm sound repeats in the background. As… Continue Reading
Reviews: The Woman from Fantasia Festival 2025 August 18, 2025 Final Rating: 1/5 In The Woman, Sun-kyung (Han Hye-ji) meets with an internet stranger, Young-hwan (Kim Hee-sang), offering a free cordless vacuum cleaner. But… Continue Reading
