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'Queer', The newest film from auteur Luca Guadagnino is sure to leave audiences entranced with its bold storytelling and impressive performances. [TIFF 24]
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While the subject is naturally interesting and there seems to be potential for an immersive film, Ethan Hawke’s ‘Wildcat’ does not persuade the viewer to explore the story for any amount of time after the screen fades to black.
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‘First Play’ serves more as a thriller than a drama though and takes a certain level of comfortability with serious topics to be able to watch. Hopefully, with it’s success on the platform, Netflix will go back to giving more artists a creative domain to showcase their newest works.
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To describe ’La Chimera’ without an excess of adjectives is no easy task. The plot is rather simplistic on paper, but an array of spirited performances, inspired direction, and dream-like cinematography makes ‘La Chimera’ a truly transportive viewing experience.
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Snakehead, the feature film debut of Evan Jackson Leung is a worthwhile watch. The film’s highly stylized cinematography, its thoughtful examination of an under-explored subject, and the two female lead characters are all dynamic enough to carry the film through any shortcomings it might have.
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The appeal of ‘All My Puny Sorrows’ comes not necessarily from the heavy subject matter, but the novel and stimulating manner in which it presents the story. The film is packed with stellar performances, lead by Alison Pill, and captained by a director who always seems to get ‘stellar’ out of his actors.
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While Kenneth Branagh may only make a handful of artistic choices as director, every ounce of thoughtfulness went into the script of ‘Belfast’, and that remains enough. The film is shot in an intimate and small manner, the conflict is shrunk down, and eventually it’s all slow cooked into more delicious morsels about morality and love.
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Canadian cinema has always had an uphill road to climb, but this is especially true of films like ‘Wildhood’. Now being screened for the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, Wildhood draws heavily from Hannam’s own identity and experiences, telling the story of re-defining one’s family, rediscovering love, and recovering one’s sense of self.
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We might look at some of the forgotten childhood tidbits that have been chipped away from our soul and scoff at the idea, but A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood reminds us not only are these things natural, they can come back into our lives easily. Here’s our review.
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Alfonso Cuaron puts forth a beautiful cinematic work of art that will warm your heart only to break it, crashing down with authenticity and sincerity.
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Cooper, deftly creates intimacy between Jackson and Ally, without which the story would certainly not be as successful. The film sucks you in from the beginning with the roar of a raucous concert audience, the hard beat of the drums on Jackson’s stage, and his hypnotic swagger as he plays for thousands.
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Nicole Kidman gives an unrecognizable tour de force performance in Karyn Kusama’s true crime drama Destroyer
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Shane Black’s return to The Predator franchise is a zany improvisational mess that forgets the identity of the past.
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