Reviews: Belfast from VIFF 2021 October 13, 2021 Final Rating: 5/5 Despite seeming like the epitome of British thespianism, the films writer and director, Kenneth Branagh was actually born in Northern Ireland,… Continue Reading
Reviews: Benediction for VIFF 2021 October 7, 2021 Final Rating: 4/5 Siegfried Sassoon was one of the most successful poets in England in the early twentieth century, marked by his decision to… Continue Reading
Reviews: Wildhood from Cinefest Sudbury 2021 September 26, 2021 Final Rating: 4/5 Teenaged Lincoln, played by Phillip Lewitski, is angry and confused about a lot of things in his life. He lives with… Continue Reading
Reviews: Shadowtown for Cinefest Sudbury 2021 September 22, 2021 Final Rating: 2/5 Canada and Iceland have teamed up to combine their cinematic powers to create a new thriller about a deceased grandmother, a… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
