Absolute Wonder Woman #1, set in an alternate dimension where DC Comics’ superheroes have all-new origin stories, reimagines Diana Prince. No longer a princess of paradise island Themyscira, Absolute Diana Prince is raised in literal Hell. Does that change the kind and generous being that Wonder Woman is?
TIFF 2024 Review: Queer Buries Its Narrative of Longing and Loneliness Under Surrealist Nightmares
Adapted from the autobiographical novel of the same name by Beat writer William S. Burroughs, Queer follows William Lee (Daniel Craig), a gay man living in Mexico, who longs for love and thinks he’s finally found it in a young man. But has he?
TIFF 2024 Review: Eden Rides on Strong Performances But Needs More Tension
Ron Howard’s Eden is set soon after the First World War, where a doctor and his partner have been living alone on an island in the Galapagos. When new neighbours arrive, the sanctity of their haven is disturbed and all hell breaks loose.
TIFF 2024 Review: Went Up The Hill Can’t Handle Its Dark Subject Matter
Went Up the Hill is an ambitious attempt to metamorphose a ghost story into something deeper and darker. Unfortunately, the film tries to juggle far too many themes and ends up unable to flesh out any.
TIFF 2024 Review: Can I Get a Witness? Begs Humanity to Fix Itself Before We Need to Make Extreme Sacrifices
How far will humanity go to save itself and the planet? Are we willing to make the sacrifices called for to ensure the next generation doesn’t suffer like ours? In Ann Marie Fleming’s Can I Get a Witness?, the audience is asked to bear witness to the extreme choices humanity must make to survive.
TIFF 2024 Review: Love in the Big City Is Full of Cliches and Tropes, But It Somehow Makes You Love It
Based on the novel by Korean author Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City is a coming-of-age and coming-out story set in Seoul, against a backdrop of a society too rigid to accept people who are different.
TIFF 2024 Review: The Deb Is Funny, Musical, and a Reminder for Young Girls that Love Isn’t the Only Goal in Life
Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut The Deb takes place in a small town in Australia, where a big city girl finds herself tackling an archaic tradition of the patriarchy, a debutante ball, while trying to support her small-town cousin’s dream of finally attending the annual event.
TIFF 2024 Review: Babygirl Navigates Women’s Desires Through a Stilted, Unsexy Fantasy
In Babygirl, Nicole Kidman plays a woman who has it all, till she meets a younger man who offers her a chance to fulfill her dark desires.
TIFF 2024 Review: Meet the Barbarians Is a Bitingly Funny Satire About Discrimination in the Refugee Crisis
In Meet the Barbarians, a small town in France prepares itself to welcome a family of Ukrainian refugees. But when the refugees turn out to be from Syria instead, the town must reckon with their prejudices and either make peace or war with the new arrivals.
TIFF 2024 Review: Relay is a Monotonous Thriller That Desperately Wants to Be a Layered Character Study
In Relay, Riz Ahmed plays a mysterious man tasked with helping potential whistleblowers tackle the corporations out to get them. That’s till he encounters Sarah Grant (Lily James) – a young woman who captures his attention.
REVIEW: Dazzler #1 Tackles Hate Against Marginalized Groups — and Sings About It
Alison Blaire, aka Dazzler, is an out and proud mutant embarking on an exciting new journey — her first world tour. But being a mutant in the post-Krakoa era is complicated and dangerous. In Dazzler #1, the mutant musician and her team try to get through a concert without fanning the flames of anti-mutant hate.
TIFF 2024 Review: K-Pops is a Magical, Laugh-Out-Loud Journey to Self-Discovery Through Music
In K-Pops, award-winning musician Anderson .Paak plays BJ, an aspiring musician, who follows his dreams all the way to Seoul where his past catches up with him and makes him rethink what he’s really searching for in his life.