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TIFF 2023 Review Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person – TIFF 2023

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A teenage vampire finds herself unwilling to kill humans for their blood in Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person. Sasha (Sara Montpetit) is a 68-year-old “teenage” vampire, who finds herself feeling more empathy towards humans than seeing them as food. One night Sasha encounters suicidal teenager Paul (Félix-Antoine Bénard), who is completely willing to be […]

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person – TIFF 2023

When Time Got Louder – Canadian Film Fest 2023

Leave a Comment / 2023 Reviews, Streaming and TV Reviews, Super Channel / Sean Patrick Kelly

A young woman has to choose between her new life in college and the well-being of her autistic brother in When Time Got Louder. Abbie Peterson (Willow Shields) has a very close relationship with her younger brother Kayden (Jonathan Simao), who has non-verbal autism. This causes a problem as Abbie leaves for college in California,

When Time Got Louder – Canadian Film Fest 2023

Thunder – TIFF 2022

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A young nun has a sexual awakening after her sister’s death in Thunder. Elisabeth (Lilith Grasmug) is a 17-year-old nun on the verge of taking her vows when she is called home by the news that her sister Innocente (Léa Gigon) has died. Elizabeth learns that Innocente gained a reputation as a spawn of Satan

Thunder – TIFF 2022

Wildflower – TIFF 2022

Leave a Comment / 2022 Reviews / Sean Patrick Kelly

A teenager in a coma reflects on growing up with intellectually disabled parents in Wildflower. After an unknown accident, Bea (Kiernan Shipka) is rushed to the hospital, where she remains in a coma. While unconscious, Bea reflects on her time growing up under the parentage of Derek (Dash Mihok) and Sharon (Samantha Hyde), both of

Wildflower – TIFF 2022

I Like Movies – TIFF 2022

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A teenage cinephile works at his local video store to try and earn money to attend film school in I Like Movies. Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen) is a 17-year-old high school senior in Burlington who is steadfast about attending the NYU Tisch School of the Arts to learn filmmaking. Lawrence takes a part-time job at

I Like Movies – TIFF 2022

CODA

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A Child of Deaf Adults aspires to pursue a singing career in CODA. Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is the only hearing member of an all-deaf family that includes her fisherman father Frank (Troy Kotsur), mother Jackie (Marlee Matlin), and older brother Leo (Daniel Durant). One day, Ruby decides to pursue her love of singing and

CODA

The King of Staten Island

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A basement-dwelling aspiring tattoo artist begins to take the first steps towards a meaningful life in The King of Staten Island. Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) is a 24-year-old high school dropout, who lives in the basement of his mother Margie (Marisa Tomei) and has aspirations about being a tattoo artist. Life becomes complicated for Scott

The King of Staten Island

Mud

Leave a Comment / 2013 Reviews, Uncategorized / Sean Patrick Kelly

Matthew McConaughey has been having a very interesting career resurgence as of late. While he spent most of the last decade starring in countless romantic comedies, he now finds himself starring in much smaller independent films, which tend to find him playing much more interesting characters. This is the case with Mud, which is the

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Frances Ha

Leave a Comment / 2012 Reviews, Film Festivals, Uncategorized / Sean Patrick Kelly

After helping introduce her to mainstream audiences in Greenberg, Noah Baumbach reunites with Greta Gerwig (who also co-wrote) in this new quirky comedy. The film focuses on Frances (Gerwig), an apprentice for a dance company, who lives with her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner). The film is portrayed almost like a series of extended vignettes, which are

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Adventureland

Leave a Comment / 2009 Reviews, Uncategorized / Sean Patrick Kelly

I have to admit that Adventureland was not the type of film that I was expecting, since I found that it was more character-driven than comedy driven. However, I opened up to the film and found it a decent coming of age story. There are still fun bits within the film, usually courtesy of Bill

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