Category: Film
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Gentle Monster Review – TIFF 2026
By Namah Gentle Monster is an unfortunate case of squandered potential. The mother-daughter relationship between Seydoux and Deneuve is a contemporary redux of Bergman’s Autumn Sonata. The frigid former maestro chastises her daughter, a tepid pianist who “deconstructs” male pop music at candlelit concerts, for her domestic decisions. For a female artist, the only thing…
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Tehran, Under the Skin Review – TIFF 2026
BY Maggie Roberts TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WORLD PREMIERE! This society is bipolar. Tehran, Under the Skin is a film full of contradictions. The documentary, directed by Afsaneh Salari, explores the popularity of the plastic surgery industry in contemporary Tehran. The film takes on something similar to a cinéma vérité style; however, the camera is…
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Bucking Fastard Review – TIFF 2026
By Namah dawdy and fierce sisters jeanie and joanie aren’t of this world. their dismissal isn’t just of modernity but reality itself. my endearment towards their affected speech died down quick— it is static rather than idiosyncratic. the sisters interpret the world in literal ways— they reach for fire and fuel to convey their passion,…
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Films to watch at TIFF26
By Sara Abdul The Toronto International Film Festival’s 2026 schedule is now LIVE! I’ve gone through all 293 films and created a TIFF shortlist of 53 films that correspond to one or more of the following criteria: Feminist Woman-focused Highly anticipated Iconic director Interesting premise Politically important Critical of oppressive power structures The list is…
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2025 In Review (Films)
Below are some films from 2025 I would recommend. Enjoy! Landmarks (Nuestra tierra) Lucretia Martel’s Landmarks is an atmospheric political documentary about the aftermath of the murder of Argentinian indigenous leader Javier Chocobar. The film takes every opportunity to trace how everyday injustices are caused by capitalism and colonialism. Her interventions on land rights, police…
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In Conversation with Cecelia Condit
Introduction Cecelia Condit, director of the brilliant musical fairy tale, Possibly in Michigan, is above all a lover of camaraderie among women. When I first became interested in her as an artist, I was so excited about how beautifully she was able to encapsulate some of the most inexplicable horrors of womanhood. In Suburbs of…
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The Best Movies of 2023
I watched some movies this year that were so good that they deserved to be on a list, and even though the movies I’ve listed are surely on some lists already, I thought I’d at least reiterate how good they are, and hopefully my list will be the final push to get you to watch…
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Internalized Misinformation: What Fargo’s Season 3 says about objectivity.
Each character in Fargo’s third season holds a personal truth that is part of a constellation of truths that governs the show’s overall structure. Misinformation rules each character, rendering them unable to reconcile objective truth with the misinformation through which everything around them is filtered. So then the two traditional intertwined central plots, an international…
