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TIFF Movie Review: The Julia Set
I have tried to focus my TIFF coverage on female-led stories and a perfect example of a film told from the female perspective is writer/director Niki Byrne’s THE JULIA SET. This film is Byrne’s first feature, but you wouldn’t know it from her assured direction and script. Featuring a phenomenal cast, led by Chase Infiniti,…
TIFF Review: Love of Your Life
Rachel Morrison is a masterful cinematographer, and it has been a delight to see how great she is as a director. Her latest film, LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, is a genre-bending exploration of guilt and grief with Margaret Qualley’s best performance to date. Although there is nothing especially novel about the script, the beauty lies…
TIFF Review: Girl Group
Rebel Wilson returns to her musical roots to write, direct, and star in GIRL GROUP. The film is an entertaining love letter to the history of girl groups (my favorite being the outsized love for the Spice Girls) with phenomenal musical numbers set to such artists as BlackPink and Billie Eilish. Admittedly, the film does,…