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…
The Darkness of Girlhood in Dust Bunny and Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
TIFTY TWOFERS: TIFF 2025 REVIEWS Dust Bunny and Little Amélie both privilege the full, and often messy, experience of early girlhood, be that trying to determine if you have conjured up a real man-eating monster out of your own rampant imagination, or slowly learning the painful lesson that you are not a Goddess among mere…
The Glass Ceiling is Really Made of Cement in Couture and Maddie’s Secret
TIFTY TWOFERS: TIFF 2025 REVIEWS Despite radically different narrative and tonal styles, Couture and Maddie’s Secret offer a rare and welcome look into the unique struggles of being an ambitious career woman who is suddenly, and heartbreakingly, faced with the dissolution of her career dreams, forced to face the vulnerabilities that successful women are forced…
Pink Asparagus 