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[TIFF Review] Boxing Gym

At this summer’s Flaherty Seminar I found myself in a debate regarding Fredrick Wiseman’s approach. A film scholar I was having lunch with attempted to conv...

[Review] Undertow

Undertow is a love story set in a traditional Peruvian fishing village. Miguel (Cristian Mercado), a fisherman is married to Mariela (Tatiana Astengo), who ...

[TIFF Review] The Pipe

The Pipe is a captivating documentary directed by former television news cameraman Roistered Ó Domhnaill. Working as a journalist he captures the little k...
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[Review] The Town

Many have been making the inevitably cliche comparisons of The Town to Michael Mann's crime epic Heat, but the one big difference many aren't talking about:...

[TIFF Review] Guest

In every major city in the world there are squares much like the one in José Luis Guerín's Guest. Like Union Square in New York City, Yonge-Dundas Square is...
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[TIFF Review] Rabbit Hole

Note: The following review contains spoilers that occur in the first act. With his third feature, John Cameron Mitchell takes a departure from his oddity tri...

[TIFF Video Review] Ceremony

Max Winkler, known for his work on one of my favorite web series Clark and Michael, premiered his debut feature at TIFF this year. The comedy/drama Ceremony s...

[TIFF Review] Armadillo

Danish filmmaker Janus Metz's Afghanistan war documentary, Armadillo, had its North American premiere on Septermber 11....

[TIFF Review] Easy A

There is nothing quite like low expectations, which is how one speculates Will Gluck’s directorial debut Fired Up was greenlit. With low expectations for turn...