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Hell of a Summer – TIFF 2023

Camp counsellors are offed one-by-one by a devil mask-wearing killer in Hell of a Summer. Jason (Fred Hechinger) is a 24-year-old arriving for his eighth year as a counsellor at Camp Pineway. Jason is by far the most senior of those coming for the Counsellor Weekend, including Jason’s friend Claire (Abby Quinn), new counsellors Chris…

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The Contestant – TIFF 2023

The participants of a late-1990s Japanese reality series look back on their experience in The Contestant. In 1998, Nasubi was chosen to participate in producer Toshio Tsuchiya‘s spinoff of his hit show Denpa Shonen, called Denpa Shonen: A Life in Prizes. Nasubi was forced to strip naked before being locked in a small apartment. His…

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Sorry/Not Sorry – TIFF 2023

Louis C.K.‘s sexual misconduct revelations are examined in Sorry/Not Sorry. At his peak, Louis C.K. was one of the biggest comedians in the world, though there were always rumours about the way he acted around women. Finally, a New York Times expose from 2017 revealed accusations of sexual misconduct from five women, many of whom…

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Sisterhood – TIFF 2023

Three teenage friends attract outcry after the video of an assault is posted online in Sisterhood. Amina (Léah Aubert), Djeneba (Médina Diarra), and Zineb (Salma Takaline) are three lifelong friends from varying social backgrounds. At a party, Amina ends up filming Zineb receiving unwanted sexual advances from Zakaria (Oscar Al Hafiane), the best friend of…

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Sleep – TIFF 2023

A young woman starts to believe her husband’s sleeping disorder might be something more sinister in Sleep. Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) awakens one night to see her husband Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) sitting on the end of the bed. Hyun-su utters the words “Someone is inside” before going to sleep. Soon, Hyun-su begins scratching himself while sleeping…

TIFF 2023 Review NAGA

NAGA – TIFF 2023

A young woman stranded in the desert has to make it out in time to be picked up by her strict father in NAGA. Sarah (Adwa Bader) is a young Saudi woman dropped off at the market in Riyadh, who is given strict instructions by her father (Khalid Bin Shaddad) to be ready for pickup…