The bond between two brothers in 1990s Scarborough is examined in Brother. Michael (Lamar Johnson) grew up with his older brother Francis (Aaron Pierre) looking after him, while their mother Ruth (Marsha Stephanie Blake) worked late nights. In 2001, Michael lives on his own with a mentally broken Ruth when he is reunited with his […]
Brother – TIFF Canada’s Top Ten 2022
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It has a few truly scary moments; however, the practically narrative-free experimental haunted house plot definitely isn’t for everyone
Either a hedonistic look at old Hollywood, a more pessimistic remake of Singing in the Rain, a David Lynch film or all three.
A cinema manager connects with her new employee in Empire of Light. Hilary (Olivia Colman) is the duty manager of the Empire Cinema, located in a 1980s English coastal town. Steven (Micheal Ward) is a new employee hired at the cinema, which also includes the manager Donald Ellis (Colin Firth), who is engaged in an
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Disclaimer: My thoughts on Bones and All are based on the content of this work of fiction and do not support nor condone the act of cannibalism A teenage girl battling cannibalistic urges goes on a cross-country trip to locate her birth mother in Bones and All. Maren Yearly (Taylor Russell) is a teenager whose
Disclosure: This review is based on a Rough Cut screener of The Devil Comes at Night, so any technical limitations have been ignored A washed-up boxer finds himself trapped in a house surrounded by a demonic cult in The Devil Comes at Night. Incoherent following a bar fight, Ben (Ryan Allen) is dropped off at
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A fine dining experience turns sinister in The Menu. Margot Mills (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a young woman who joins her new boyfriend Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) on a trip to a coastal island in the Pacific Northwest to dine at the exclusive restaurant Hawthorne, run by esteemed Chef Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes). The restaurant only allows
A New Yorker sneaks into the Vietnam War to deliver beers to his friends in The Greatest Beer Run Ever. John “Chickie” Donohue (Zac Efron) is a Marine Corps veteran and merchant seaman in 1967 Inwood, New York. While Chickie’s out drinking with friends, barkeep The Colonel (Bill Murray) expresses disgust at anti-Vietnam demonstrations in
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The women of an isolated religious community meet to decide their future in Women Talking. When multiple accounts of sexual abuse are uncovered within their Mennonite colony, a group of women, including Ona (Rooney Mara), Salome (Claire Foy), Mariche (Jessie Buckley), Scarface Janz (Frances McDormand), Agata (Judith Ivey), and Greta (Sheila McCarthy) meet in a
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