TIFF 23: American Fiction
American Fiction, the adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure, is a prickly thing. A grounded satire that both funny and emotional, the movie tackles a variety of subjects like race, identity, Continue Reading
TIFF 23: Conrcete Utopia
What is human nature? How is it affected by the systems placed on it and what would happen if those fell away? If you’re looking for answers to those questions, Continue Reading
TIFF 23: Woman of the Hour
As I have begun to see with the films chosen for this year’s TIFF, lots of films tackled pretty heady subject matter and aims to use narrative tools to paint Continue Reading
TIFF 23: The Boy and the Heron, Finestkind, and Les Indésirables
It’s very late now on TIFF 2023 Day 2 and all of my screenings are starting to blend together already. I saw three films today and wanted to make sure Continue Reading
TIFF 23: Evil Does Not Exist
Is there such a thing as too much ambiguity or too much openness in a film? If there was ever a movie that would make you ponder that question it’s Continue Reading
TIFF 23: The Zone of Interest
History is very ugly. For every good person you can find, there’s a seemingly endless pool of atrocities and the lowest of the low. Jonathan Glazer’s film The Zone of Continue Reading