Thursday, May 15, 2025

Awards

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘Julia’ is a Thorough, Passionate Documentary on the Life of Julia Child

Directors: Julie Cohen and Betsy West Synopsis:  Documentary chronicling the life and career of celebrity chef Julia Child. Documentarians Julie Cohen and Betsy West must have found it impossible to follow up their 2018...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘Maria Chapdelaine’ disregards a promising premise

Director: Sébastien Pilote. Writer: Sébastien Pilote. Star: Sara Montpetit, Sébastien Ricard, Hélène Florent, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Émile Schneider, Robert Naylor. Synopsis: Story of a young woman having to choose between three suitors promising each a...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘The Story of My Wife’ is a challenging but splendid epic

Director: Ildikó Enyedi. Writer: Ildikó Enyedi. Star: Gijs Naber, Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel. Synopsis: A sea captain bets an associate that he will marry the first woman who enters the café. In walks Lizzy (Léa...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘Jockey’ Showcases a Poignant, Career Defining Performance from Clifton Collins, Jr.

Director: Clint Bentley Writers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar Stars: Clifton Collins, Jr., Molly Parker, Moises Arias Synopsis: An aging jockey desperately tries to stay in the game, even as a talented rookie appears, claiming to...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘The Hill Where Lionesses Roar’ is a striking view of a neglected generation

Director: Luàna Bajrami Writer: Luàna Bajrami Star: Flaka Latifi, Uratë Shabani, Era Balaj, Andi Bajgora, Luàna Bajrami Synopsis: In a remote Kosovar village, three young women who feel their dreams have been stifled go on...

Movie Review: ‘Mothering Sunday’ is Visually Stunning But Doesn’t Land the Necessary Emotions it is Striving For

Director: Eva Husson Writers: Alice Birch, based on the novel by Graham Swift Stars: Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman Synopsis: A writer reminisces about the affair she had in post-World War I...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘Three Minutes – A Lengthening’ is a touching tribute to anonymous people lost during the Holocaust

Director: Bianca Stigter. Writer: Bianca Stigter. Synopsis: The documentary transforms rare color home-movie footage shot in 1938 Poland into a testament to victims of the Holocaust. Earlier this year, A Radiant Girl premiered at the...

Movie Review (EIFF): ‘The Beta Test’ is a Smart Dark Comedy with Some Issues

Director: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Writers: Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe Stars: Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcomb, PJ McCabe Synopsis: A soon-to-be-married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in...

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