Reviews

[TIFF Review] The Summer of Flying Fish

The Summer of Flying Fish is not an easy film to discuss. Sparse, beautiful and often leaving the audience in limbo, the narrative feature debut of Chilean docu...

[TIFF Review] The Mayor

At first glance, The Mayor appears to tell a very interesting story in a rather bland way as directors Emiliano Altuna, Diego Enrique Osorno and Carlos Rossini ...

[TIFF Review] All Cheerleaders Die

Oh, those silly amateur Wiccans trying to play God. Haven't they learned it never ends well? Bring one cat back to life and you think you can change the course ...

[TIFF Review] Exit Marrakech

Beautifully shot and impeccably directed, Exit Marrakech (also known in some territories as Morocco) is a stunning new film written and directed by Caroline Lin...

[TIFF Review] The Art of the Steal

When you're looking to create a successful heist flick it's usually a good idea to keep things simple -- make everything as airtight as possible, don't try for ...

[TIFF Review] Sarah Prefers to Run

You have never seen a main character quite like the eponymous heroine of Sarah Prefers to Run, a smart, unique, semi-satisfying Toronto International Film Festi...

[TIFF Review] Southcliffe

To say Southcliffe gets off on the wrong foot would be to realize that beyond the seemingly well-orchestrated images in its opening minutes, there already lies ...

[TIFF Review] Wasted Youth

Wasted Youth is a curious concoction, a disaffected-teens drama with tragic consequences that feels a bit too familiar, yet mostly succeeds thanks to its settin...

[TIFF Review] Blue Ruin

92 minutes of taut physical activity, morbid humor, and gruesome violence, Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin is one of the year’s leanest and most impressive killing ...

[Review] Riddick

One must give David Twohy’s Riddick credit for caring about its protagonist and the world he inhabits, so much so that the first twenty minutes of this pulpy sc...