Chloé Zhao has an ability to capture the unseen America in a way that sets her apart from any of her contemporaries. There’s no romance in her stories – they are simply facts of life and t…
Shiva Baby Review: A Hilarious but Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Story | TIFF 2020
There’s an intense amount of anxiety that comes along with any type of large family function, from holidays to birthdays or even funerals – I myself tend to break out in hives. That heightened a…
Under the Open Sky Review: Miwa Nishikawa’s Latest is an Empathetic Study on the Ability to Grow | TIFF 2020
At first glance, Mikami is an unassuming protagonist. Played by Koji Yakusho, his face is lined with age and perpetually downtrodden, his shoulders hunched in a way that shrinks the man instantly. An …
The Way I See It Review: A Flawed but Timely Portrait of the Man Who Documented the Obama Administration | TIFF 2020
There’s no denying the impact of Dawn Porter’s documentary about photographer Pete Souza, The Way I See It. Most famous for his work as the chief photographer of the Obama administration, Souza stands…
Children of the Sea Movie Review: A Stunning Look at Nature and Humanity
Children of the Sea refuses to play by the narrative rules of what audiences have come to expect from this sort of animated film. From the rough lines of the hand drawn animation that contrasts with t…
Summerland Movie Review: An Offering of Hope and Beauty
In times when there’s no knowing if that van over there is civilian owned or federally rented and demonic “relations” is how one contracts COVID-19, whoever chooses to totally disconnect from society …
We Are Little Zombies: An emotional film about emotionless children
Makoto Nagahisa’s We Are Little Zombies is an emotionally invigorating film about four profoundly emotionless children. Hikari, Takemura, Ishi, and Ikuko meet at a crematorium during their p…