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Reviews: The Middle Man for TIFF 2021

September 12, 2021

Final Rating: 2.5/5 Norwegian writer and director Bent Hamer, brings his Nordic sensibilities to this dark “comedy”. I put comedy in quotations because while…

Reviews: Kicking Blood for TIFF 2021

September 11, 2021

Final Rating: 1/5 Much like the title suggests, the act of kicking something means to do without. Here we get two sides of addiction…

Reviews: The Fandom for Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2021

August 22, 2021

Final Rating: 2.5/5 The history of furries and their fans is not something that is often discussed. Most of what is assumed to be…

Reviews: Workhorse Queen for Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2021

August 20, 2021

Final Rating: 2/5 Edward Popil is the real name of Mrs. Kasha Davis, a drag queen who most people know from appearing on season…

Reviews: Raw! Uncut! Video! for Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2021

August 19, 2021

Warning this film contains graphic sexual content. Final Rating: 3/5 In the mid-80’s two enterprising gay men, Jack Fritcher and Mark Hemry started a…

Reviews: Glasshouse for Fantasia Fest 2021

August 18, 2021

Final Rating: 4/5 South Africian writer and director Kelsey Egan has crafted a tense and confounding thriller that will have you questioning your own…

Reviews: Tombs of the Blind Dead for Fantasia Fest 2021

August 12, 2021

Final Rating: 3/5 Not only is Fantasia Fest home to the most exciting new genre releases that get World and Canadian premieres, they also…

Reviews: Art Kabuki for Fantasia Fest 2021

August 4, 2021

Final Rating: 3/5 The art of kabuki is a style of theatrical performance, consisting of singing, dancing and music playing that originated in Japan…

Reviews: With Drawn Arms for Hot Docs 2021

May 7, 2021

Final Rating: 1.5/5 In 1968 at the Olympic games in Mexico City, American track athlete Tommie Smith won the gold medal in the 200m…

Reviews: Hysterical for Hot Docs 2021

May 6, 2021

Final Rating: 2/5 Hysterical tracks the rise in mainstream acceptance of female comedians, from the boundary breaking funny ladies in the 1950’s up to…