TIFF 2023 Review: ‘Woman of the Hour’ Depicts the High Risk, Low Reward Game of Womanhood
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by Veronica Phillips
1w ago
‘Woman of the Hour’ uses the bare bones of its true crime anecdote to explore the impossible nature of constantly performing womanhood “correctly” under the inherent and constant threat of male violence ..read more
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TIFF 2023 Review: ‘Flipside’ Suggests the Finish Line Isn’t the Point
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by Veronica Phillips
1w ago
For a film about accepting things not turning out as you once hoped, this documentary is strikingly inspirational and aspirational ..read more
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Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: ‘Your Lucky Day’ Becomes One From Hell
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by Erin Brady
1w ago
Though marred by lackluster direction, there is a lot of potential simmering underneath the surface of 'Your Lucky Day ..read more
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TIFF 2023 Review: ‘North Star’ Forgets to Take Itself Seriously
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by Veronica Phillips
1w ago
Not quite funny and never all that moving, ‘North Star’ is bogged down by all-too-tidy storylines and performances that are half-hearted at best ..read more
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TIFF 2023 Review: ‘Wildcat’ Is Disjointed and Unpolished
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by Veronica Phillips
1w ago
Ethan and Maya Hawke’s ‘Wildcat’ has more issues than nepotism: it's simply not a very good movie ..read more
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TIFF 2023 Review: ‘Last Summer’ Refuses to Do Our Thinking For Us
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by Veronica Phillips
1w ago
Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer walks in stride with her preceding cinematic reputation, albeit perhaps with slightly gentler steps. Last Summer is not as fantastical or explicit as works like her Romance, nor is it as jarring and unflinching as Fat Girl, but it nonetheless feels as if it is in conversation with both cultural accusations of sexless cinema and our perennial “age gap discourse” without ever doing our thinking for us.  Anne (Léa Drucker) lives an organized and comfortable life. She works as a lawyer, mainly, it seems, for young women who have been assaulted and victimized ..read more
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Toronto After Dark Festival 2023: ‘The Deep Dark’ is a Confident Achievement
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by Alisha Mughal
1w ago
French mining horror 'The Deep Dark' is a sweeping tale of epically nostalgic proportions ..read more
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Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: ‘So Unreal’ is a Thought-Provoking Documentary Debut for Amanda Kramer
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by Erin Brady
1w ago
With the Writers Guild of America winning their fight against AI and SAG-AFTRA following suit, ‘So Unreal’ is hit the festival circuit at just the right time.  ..read more
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‘The Royal Hotel’ Review: Exploring Female Dread and the Gradient of Violence Toward Women
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by Veronica Phillips
1w ago
This film is a master of capturing boundaries crossed and violence perpetrated against women ..read more
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‘Priscilla’ Review: An Examination of a Teenage Girl’s Stolen Autonomy
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by Veronica Phillips
2w ago
Coppola's newest film shows us how Priscilla Presley was swallowed whole by Elvis and his world, compelled to be the person he wanted her to be at a time when you are meant to be discovering yourself on your own terms ..read more
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