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Tag: women in film

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

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 … Read More ›

Posted on September 6, 2019September 11, 2020
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CAPTAIN MARVEL

Is it possible that we all have it within ourselves to be a hero?

Posted on March 10, 2019July 2, 2019
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WEEKEND plays TIFF 2018

Stella Meghie takes us away for a few days to talk about the ups and downs of modern romance.

Posted on September 14, 2018September 12, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

PHOENIX plays TIFF 2018

A tragic Swedish poem on addiction, honesty, coping, and clarity.

Posted on September 10, 2018September 15, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

RAFIKI plays TIFF 2018

Love can be hopeful, and in some parts of the world hope remains a dangerous idea.

Posted on September 7, 2018September 12, 2020
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A WRINKLE IN TIME

A tale from the past considers the darkness of the present, and acts as a beacon for the future.

Posted on March 14, 2018September 12, 2020
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LADY BIRD

We were idiots, once. Beautiful, beautiful, idiots.

Posted on November 12, 2017September 28, 2019
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PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN

When unconventional love brought three people together, an icon was born.

Posted on October 22, 2017September 11, 2020
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BATTLE OF THE SEXES

Sometimes it’s not about who won the battle, but how they won that matters…

Posted on October 1, 2017September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

MY DAYS OF MERCY plays TIFF 2017

A story that pleads with us not let one moment or one label define who we are.

Posted on September 17, 2017October 22, 2017
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

PLONGER plays TIFF 2017

Director Mélanie Laurent reminds us that the ones who stay put, sometimes claim they’ve run away.

Posted on September 17, 2017September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE HUNGRY plays TIFF 2017

“Titus” throws a lavish Indian wedding, and Bornila Chatterjee captures every bloody moment.

Posted on September 16, 2017October 2, 2017

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