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[TIFF Review] 88:88

“The only place I feel comfortable is the skatepark and the library.” What has set cinema back -- both from the perspective of those who make, and those who ...

[TIFF Review] Mr. Six

From the late 80’s until the early 00’s, Chinese cinema has been a mainstay at A-list film festivals worldwide, picking up trophies left and right. Things chang...

[Review] Uncle John

Filmmaker Steven Piet has worn many hats over the course of his short career. He served as the cinematographer and editor for the documentary Girl Rising, a loo...

[TIFF Review] Right Now, Wrong Then

Martin Scorsese made one of the first English-language (and one of the very first American) pushes for Hong Sang-soo by recording an introduction for the South ...

[TIFF Review] Office

It’s worth noting that there’s probably a certain expectation when hearing the following words “a Johnnie To musical." One thinking his classical formal talents...

[TIFF Review] Der Nachtmahr

Before the German export Der Nachtmahr even begins, the viewer is presented with not one, but two warnings – the first concerns strobing, while the other points...

[TIFF Review] Closet Monster

Writer/director Stephen Dunn's feature debut Closet Monster cares little about convention to tell the story of Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) growing up with a psy...

[TIFF Review] Journey to the Shore

A 40-year-old Japanese woman, Mizuki (Eri Fukatsu), begins to cook by herself, the audience assuming she’s a single career woman stuck in the middle of her dail...