In this episode we continue our TIFF coverage with reviews of Anatomy of a Fall; Monster; The Zone of Interest; Evil Does Not Exist; Origin; Solitude; The Holdovers; A Difficult Year; Sisterhood;...
https://cinemaaxis.com/2023/09/27/frameline-tiff-2023-part-3/
Over at That Shelf, I reviewed Dear Jassi which screened at TIFF. Inspired by true events, this real-life Romeo and Juliet tale follows a young couple attempting to be together as forces in socie...
Over at That Shelf, I reviewed Bria Mack Gets A Life which screened at TIFF. The series focuses on a young woman entering the workforce after graduating from university. You can read my full thou...
https://cinemaaxis.com/2023/09/18/tiff-2023-bria-mack-gets-a-life/
Over at That Shelf, I reviewed Hit Man which screened at TIFF. The film loosely tells the true story of a teacher who found himself posing as a hit man for hire. You can read my full thoughts on ...
Over at POV Magazine, I reviewed the documentary Telling Our Story which screened at TIFF. The docuseries offers an overview of Indigenous history told through the diversity of First Nations expe...
https://cinemaaxis.com/2023/09/16/tiff-2023-telling-our-story/
In this episode we continue our TIFF coverage with reviews of The Teachers’ Lounge, Perfect Days, Limbo, Shame on Dry Land, I Don’t Know Who You Are, Homecoming, Songs of Earth, Summer Qamp, ...
https://cinemaaxis.com/2023/09/15/frameline-tiff-2023-part-2/
Over at POV Magazine, I reviewed the film Silver Dollar Road which screened at TIFF. The documentary follows a North Carolina family’s multi-year legal battle to save the land that’s been in ...
https://cinemaaxis.com/2023/09/14/tiff-2023-silver-dollar-road/
Over at POV Magazine, I reviewed the film The Contestant which screened at TIFF. The documentary revisits the cultural phenomenon of Tomoaki Hamatsu, aka Nasubi, on the Japanese reality show Denp...
Over at That Shelf, I reviewed The Royal Hotel which screened at TIFF. The film follows two friends forced to deal with increasingly rowdy and sexist male customers after taking a job bartending ...
https://cinemaaxis.com/2023/09/12/tiff-2023-the-royal-hotel/
Over at That Shelf, I reviewed Kanaval which screened at TIFF. The film follows a young Haitian boy who migrates to rural Quebec and struggles with the growing distance between him and his mother...
Over at That Shelf, I reviewed We Grown Now which screened at TIFF. The film offers a moving portrait of friendship and boyhood in a community nearing its end. You can read my full thoughts on th...
In this episode we kick off our TIFF coverage with reviews of some of the short films playing the festival including Motherland; Express; Redlight; Xie Xie Ollie; Bloom; Aphasia; Meteor; Modern G...
https://cinemaaxis.com/2023/09/09/frameline-tiff-2023-part-1/