Die Alone

Die Alone

An amnesiac man is assisted by a survivalist woman to find his girlfriend in a post-apocalyptic world in Die Alone. Ethan (Douglas Smith) wakes up after a car accident with no memory, other than he was travelling with his girlfriend Emma (Kimberly-Sue Murray) to lay low at their cabin as a viral pandemic turns the…

TIFF 2023 Review Seven Veils

Seven Veils – TIFF 2023

A young opera director’s personal trauma transfers over into her production of Salome in Seven Veils. Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried) is a young theatre director tasked by the Canadian Opera Company with remounting a production of Richard Strauss’ biblical opera Salome, previously produced by her recently deceased mentor Charles. As Jeanine deals with her recent separation…

The Swearing Jar

The Swearing Jar – TIFF 2022

A woman deal with the complexities of love and relationships in The Swearing Jar. Carey (Adelaide Clemens) finds herself reluctantly falling for bookstore clerk Owen (Douglas Smith). However, the problem is that Carey is still deeply in love with her husband Simon (Patrick J. Adams). The couple seems happy as Carey announces that she is…

The Bye Bye Man

The Bye Bye Man

Three college roommates are cursed by an evil spirit in The Bye Bye Man. Elliot (Douglas Smith) is a college student, who rents an old house with his best friend John (Lucien Laviscount) and girlfriend Sasha (Cressida Bonas). Inside the house, Elliot finds an old end table with the words “Don’t Think It. Don’t Say…

Antiviral

Antiviral

I am quite a big fan of David Cronenberg, so I was definitely interested when it was announced that his son Brandon was going to screen this year at TIFF.  Based on what I’ve heard from the film’s debut at Cannes, the apple has not fallen far from the tree and the film hearkens back to David…