By: Amanda Guarragi There have been good biopics played by the book and great biopics that dare to do something different. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story directed by Eric Appel takes all the beautiful things about Weird Al and fuses them into every aspect of this movie. It is co-written by Al Yankovic and is one of the most over-the-top and hilarious biopics that has … Continue reading TIFF ’22: ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi One of the most beautiful aspects of living in Toronto is that the city has become a melting pot of different cultures and communities. In V.T. Nayani’s feature debut This Place she explores a queer love story about two young women — one Iranian and Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, the other Tamil — living in Toronto and dealing with difficult family legacies. Kawenniióhstha (Devery Jacobs) … Continue reading TIFF ’22: ‘This Place’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Rosie is the feature-film debut of Métis writer-director-actor Gail Maurice. She brings her audience to the fringes of 1980s Montreal as seen through the eyes of a sweet and suddenly orphaned Indigenous girl. Not only is it shown through the perspective of young Rosie (Keris Hope Hill), but the journey of motherhood is shown through her aunt Frédérique (Melanie Bray). She is … Continue reading TIFF ’22: ‘Rosie’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Korean-Canadian Albert Shin’s Together presents a narrative that has been overlooked for some time. The stigma surrounding mental health needs to come to an end, so we, as a society, can help one another. When working on In Her Place, Shin learned about the seriousness of Korea’s suicide rate. South Korea consistently has had the highest suicide rate of any developed country … Continue reading TIFF ’21: Writer-Director Albert Shin Presents An Overlooked South Korean Narrative In ‘Together’
By: Amanda Guarragi Kate Dolan’s feature debut You Are Not My Mother is an eerie Irish folk horror that will keep you at the edge of your seat. Dolan sets the tone for this film at the very beginning with some supernatural elements that eventually tie into the relationship between mother and daughter. A young teenager named Char (Hazel Doupe) knows something strange happened to … Continue reading TIFF ’21: ‘You Are Not My Mother’ Review
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