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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,… Continue reading TIFF Movie Review: The Julia Set
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… Continue reading TIFF Review: Love of Your Life
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,… Continue reading TIFF Review: Girl Group
THE DEBUT was my most anticipated film at TIFF this year. Anything with Julianne Moore is going to rise to the top of my list, but hearing the Telluride Film Festival buzz that this is one of her best performances yet made me extra excited. Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, this film is a… Continue reading TIFF Movie Review: The Debut
I’m just as surprised as you that I loved I PLAY ROCKY. To be completely honest, this was one of the movies I was least excited about seeing at TIFF and almost went to see something else instead. I wasn't particularly captivated by the trailer, and the big looming questions in my mind were, "Why… Continue reading TIFF Movie Review: I Play Rocky
EVERYBODY WANTS TO F*CK ME wins the award for best title at TIFF this year. A dark comedy-thriller, with bits of horror sprinkled throughout, I can already tell this one is going to be compared to OBSESSION based on a similar theme. However, writer-director Jonathan Schey's intelligent and imaginative script brings the task of spotlighting… Continue reading TIFF Movie Review: Everybody Wants to F*ck Me
STUFFED is the definition of gloriously unhinged. You have never seen a movie like it and I doubt you ever will again. Part SWEENEY TODD with a dose of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and DEATH BECOMES HER mixed in, this genre-bending dark comedy/horror/romance/musical is full of humor, wears its heart on its sleeve, and has an incredible… Continue reading TIFF Movie Review: Stuffed
PRACTICAL MAGIC has loomed large in my life since I first saw it in 1998. From its all-star, female-led cast to its spectacular soundtrack and otherworldly production design, this movie was pretty much made exactly for me. When anyone asks me my favorite movie, I usually say TITANIC or THE SOUND OF MUSIC, but in… Continue reading Movie Review: Practical Magic 2
Below are my streaming recommendations for September across all of the major streaming platforms. This month, I paid tribute to Dolly Parton and made sure you were tracking where to stream a film whose sequel comes out this month. As always, I have tried to include multiple genres so I can hit all different tastes… Continue reading Streaming Recommendations for September
COYOTE VS. ACME has had a storied history. The film was written in 2019 and filmed in 2022, but despite early buzz about the film's interesting plot, Warner Bros. shelved the movie in 2023 for a tax write-off. But that's not where the story stopped. Fans got wind of the studio's money-saving scheme and took… Continue reading Movie Review: Coyote vs. Acme