A long time ago, a man went on television and taught us all that we had value in this world, and that if we chose to speak, he would listen to us even if nobody else world. Many years later, we are forgetting his lessons – convincing one another that we are not valuable to…
LOVE ME TENDER plays TIFF 2019
On the anxieties of remaining inside, and the strange adventures that await outside.
HOW TO BUILD A GIRL plays TIFF 2019
A film made this critic’s heart burst with joy. Send flowers…and records.
TAMMY’S ALWAYS DYING plays TIFF 2019
As the lights came up at the TIFF ’19 premiere screening of TAMMY’S ALWAYS DYING, screenwriter Joanne Sarazen expressed her desire to portray a family that expresses their love through brutality. If that was the artist’s mission, then mission accomplished. The only question that remains unanswered is whether the audience wishes to be brutalized. TAMMY’S…
DESTROYER plays TIFF 2018
Karyn Kusama returns with the next great Los Angeles cop story.
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY plays TIFF 2018
Trust yourself and your opponent, and keep getting up off that mat.
TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG plays TIFF 2018
Director Dominga Sotomayor shows us a few old photos of ourselves – back when we were more passionate, and burned so much brighter.
