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Reviews: The Mother and the Bear from VIFF 2024

October 3, 2024

Final Rating: 4/5 It can be a difficult challenge to be a child of parents who have rigid expectations of you. It is predetermined…

Reviews: Conclave from VIFF 2024

October 2, 2024

Final Rating: 5/5 The pope has died and over one billion Catholics around the world are both grieving and wondering who the next pope…

Reviews: A Different Man from VIFF 2024

October 1, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 We’ve seen and heard stories of people who grew up being the metaphorical ugly duckling and blossoming into a beautiful swan….

Reviews: Inedia from VIFF 2024

September 30, 2024

Final Rating: 4/5 Sometimes our own bodies rebel against us despite how we try to live. It could be something like chronic back pain…

Reviews: Heretic from TIFF 2024

September 23, 2024

Final Rating: 4/5 In a sermon from April 2003, Gordon B. Hinckley, then-president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints delivered…

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…

Reviews: The Life of Chuck from TIFF 2024

September 19, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Few creators have had as much success adapting the work of horror legend Stephen King, and Mike Flanagan’s batting average would…

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.

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.

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…