Tag: tiff
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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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Ben’Imana Review – TIFF 2026
By Maggie Roberts TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE! Ben’Imana (Dusabejambo) reflects on the atrocities of the 1994 Rawandan Genocide through the eyes of women. The 2026 Caméra d’Or winner follows Vénéranda, a survivor of the genocide, as she organizes reconciliation meetings amongst Rawandan women in her village, formerly classified as Tutsi and Hutu…
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The Sixties Scoop and Intergenerational Trauma in Meadowlarks & Blood Lines
TIFTY TWOFERS: TIFF 2025 REVIEWS Meadowlarks and Blood Lines are two deeply personal, intimate examinations of individual and intergenerational traumas stemming from the Sixties Scoop, and are particularly prescient in a cultural moment in which far too many seek to tick off Truth and Reconciliation as a completed project on Canada’s to-do list. By Tamar…
