Reviews: The Substance from TIFF 2024 September 20, 2024 Final Rating: 4/5 The Substance centres on Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), an Oscar-winning actress and host of a popular fitness program whose star is… Continue Reading
Reviews: Vice is Broke from TIFF 2024 September 18, 2024 In February 2024, Vice stopped publishing content to its website, following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy declaration the previous fall. This marked the end of an era for the outlet that had popularized a new form of guerrilla journalism in the 21st century. After 29 years and multiple buyouts, Vice was finally broke. Continue Reading
Reviews: The Return from TIFF 2024 September 17, 2024 From director Umberto Pasolini, The Return is the first major direct adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey since 1954’s Ulysses. Focusing on the events of Odysseus’ return to Ithaca after the Trojan War, The Return retains the setting of ancient Greece but strips away fantasy to convey a timeless message of how wars continue to haunt everyone long after they end. Continue Reading
Reviews: Julie Keeps Quiet from TIFF 2024 September 16, 2024 Final Rating: 3.5/5 Leonardo Van Dijl’s film Julie Keeps Quiet is a slice-of-life with something darker bubbling just below the surface. It’s an unconventional… Continue Reading
Reviews: Universal Language from TIFF 2024 September 11, 2024 Matthew Rankin’s film Universal Language takes place in modern day Winnipeg, but not the one you know. Canada’s two official languages are French and Persian Continue Reading
Reviews: Young Werther from TIFF 2024 September 10, 2024 Final Rating: 3.5/5 Just in time for the 250th anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s smash-hit novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, José Lourenço’s… Continue Reading
Reviews: Paying For It from TIFF 2024 September 9, 2024 When Chester’s girlfriend informs him she’s falling in love with another man, he’s willing to make an open relationship work. As she neglects Chester, he begins paying for sex. Continue Reading
Reviews: Seeds from TIFF 2024 September 7, 2024 Final Rating: 3/5 Starring, written, and directed by Canadian indigenous actor Kaniehtiio Horn, Seeds is a promising, if messy, debut. Horn plays Ziggy, a… Continue Reading
Reviews: Darkest Miriam from Fantasia Festival 2024 August 16, 2024 Final Rating: 3/5 Working in a quiet downtown branch of the Toronto Public Library, librarian Miriam (Britt Lower) finds purpose observing the regulars and… Continue Reading
Reviews: Cuckoo from Fantasia Festival 2024 July 31, 2024 Final Rating: 4/5 A famous aspect of the cuckoo bird is brood parasitism, which is found in all members of the Cuculidae family. Brood… Continue Reading
