10 Films To Indulge in the Autumn Vibes πŸπŸŽƒπŸ‚ – in collaboration with Katie At The Movies

Ahhh Fall! πŸπŸŽƒπŸ‚ It’s my favorite season of the year! I love the leaves changing colors, the cooler crisp air in the air, and seeing the fall-themed… 10 Films To Indulge in the Autumn Vibes πŸπŸŽƒπŸ‚ – in collaboration with Katie At The Movies

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TIFF 22 Female Filmmaker Roundup

When I attended the Toronto International Film Festival for the first time this year, I really wanted to prioritize watching films by female filmmakers, of which the festival seemed to have a great slate this year. Out of the 31 movies I saw at the festival, 11 of them were by female directorsβ€”a decent number, […]

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TIFF Review: “Chevalier”

Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Special Presentations World Premiere β€œChevalier” introduces its subject in spectacularly dynamic fashion: Joseph Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) walks into a concert held by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart like he owns the place, and challenges the famed composer to a duel, their violins their weapons. The resulting face-off, during which Joseph and […]

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Review: β€œBlonde”

Kim Kardashian stirred up controversy for the gown she chose to wear to the Met Gala earlier this year, although not because of the look itself. The buzz came, rather, courtesy of the gown’s origins: it was the same nude-colored, beaded dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in 1962, when she famously sang β€œHappy Birthday, Mr. […]

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TIFF Review: “The Whale”

Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Special Presentations North American Premiere There’s a parallel to be found in Brendan Fraser’s recent career trajectory and the life of the character he plays in β€œThe Whale,” Charlie, albeit a tangential one. After stepping away from Hollywood after being a top box office draw in the 1990s and early […]

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Review: “Don’t Worry Darling”

Olivia Wilde’s 2019 directorial debut β€œBooksmart” was a genuinely warm and humorous look at female friendship. With her sophomore feature, Wilde broadens her scope in favor of a narrative that’s much more ambitious. But that’s about the best thing I can say about β€œDon’t Worry Darling,” a repetitive thriller whose feminist themes are too broad, […]

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TIFF Review: β€œCorsage”

Toronto International Film Festival 2022 North American Premiere Romy Schneider made such an indelible impact playing Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the “Sissi” trilogy as a teenager in the mid-1950s that not only did the success of the films launch her into the celebrity stratosphere, but they have become a tradition in Austria and other […]

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TIFF Review: “Pearl”

Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Midnight Madness North American Premiere It was perhaps about a minute into the end credits for β€œPearl”—Ti West’s prequel to his film from earlier this year, β€œX”—that the audience at TIFF’s packed midnight madness premiere erupted into applause and cheers. The image that plays over those creditsβ€”an extended, live-action freeze […]

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TIFF Review: “Daliland”

Toronto International Film Festival 2022 World Premiere and Closing Night Film A biopic of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador DalΓ­ sounds like the perfect fit for director Mary Harron, with her background in the artsβ€”she started her career as a researcher for the British arts program β€œThe South Bank Show,” and her first feature film β€œI […]

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