Reviews: Universal Language February 6, 2025 Final Rating: 3/5 Ed. note: read out original review of Universal Language by Jeff Bulmer from TIFF 2024. Universal Language, director/star/co-writer Matthew Rankin’s homage… Continue Reading
Reviews: Blue Rodeo: Lost Together February 3, 2025 Final Rating: 3/5 In 2025 the Canadian band Blue Rodeo is celebrating their 40th anniversary and director Dale Heslip was given access to make… Continue Reading
Reviews: Hard Truths January 30, 2025 Final Rating: 3.5/5 Director Mike Leigh’s poignant family drama, Hard Truths, revolves around mental health, the value of family, and all the pain and… Continue Reading
Reviews: The Room Next Door January 6, 2025 Final Rating: 2.5/5 Even at our most healthy, the intrusive thoughts sometimes permeate our minds wondering how we would wish to die. Do we… Continue Reading
Reviews: The People’s Joker December 9, 2024 Final Rating: 2.5/5 Buckle up puddin’! Writer/director Vera Drew’s unique spin of the ‘Clown Prince of Crime’ combines elements of Todd Philips’ Joker (in… Continue Reading
Reviews: Dahomey November 11, 2024 Final Rating: 4/5 The western world finally seems to understand that museums filled with artifacts collected by colonizers who went around plundering anything they… Continue Reading
Reviews: Juror #2 November 8, 2024 Final Rating: 4.5/5 In Juror #2, Nicholas Hoult plays Justin Kemp, a man called for jury duty in a trial surrounding the murder of… Continue Reading
Reviews: The Carpenter November 5, 2024 Final Rating: 2/5 From director Garrett Batty, The Carpenter tells the larger-than-life story of Oren (Kameron Krebs), a “Northman” in Ancient Palestine who becomes… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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…. Continue Reading
