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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: They Shot the Piano Player is a Beautiful Retelling of a Musical Tragedy

November 29, 2023

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal tell the story of genius Brazilian pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior through the voices of those who knew him best in the animated extravaganza They Shot the Piano Player.

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Fingernails is a Charming, and Surprisingly Amusing Love Story

November 4, 2023

Fingernails is set in a world where being in love can be quantified. Anna (Jessie Buckley) begins to question everything when she starts working with her charming colleague Amir (Riz Ahmed).

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: School Politics Makes Life a Misery in The Teacher’s Lounge

October 31, 2023

An idealistic class teacher finds herself while investigating recurring thefts in The Teacher’s Lounge. But her good intentions have far-reaching consequences for the faculty and students.

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Sisters Are Each Other’s Heroes in Quiz Lady

October 25, 2023

In Quiz Lady, Anne (Awkwafina) is an incredibly intelligent woman with no life. Her sister Jenny (Sandra Oh) suddenly reappears, turning Anne’s day-to-day upside down. It all leads to the kidnapping of Anne’s dog and an unforgettable experience on her favourite quiz show.

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Pain Hustlers Tells An Important Story, Badly

October 18, 2023

Based on real events, Pain Hustlers follows the story of Liza Drake (Emily Blunt), who starts working with big pharma and revels in her success before things start falling apart.

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Division of Labour in a Marriage is Murder in Anatomy of a Fall

October 6, 2023

A writer is accused of murdering her husband when his body is found under suspicious circumstances. The trial that unfolds will reveal the messiness of this family. But are they really so much more unusual than any other family?

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TIFF 2023 Review: The Movie Emperor Hilariously Satirizes the Film Industry and Class Divisions

September 26, 2023

In The Movie Emperor, a superstar Hong Kong actor decides to experience real life in preparation for a new role. But can he rise above the pressures of the film business and a general apathy towards poverty-stricken people?

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: American Fiction Hilariously Challenges the Commodification of Identity

September 20, 2023

A down-on-his-luck writer decides to create the most cliché novel possible about the Black experience in the US in American Fiction. But his experiment to indict the literary industry may have ensnared him in a trap instead.

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: It’s the Patriarchy Against Love in The Queen of My Dreams

September 19, 2023

In The Queen of My Dreams, a queer Pakistani-Canadian woman and her once-outgoing mother find their way back to each other after a family tragedy gives them new, unconsidered insights.

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Sing Sing Uses Theatre to Fight the Dehumanization of the US Prison System

September 19, 2023

In this drama, a group of incarcerated people in New York state’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility come together for a shared love of theatre. Doubts, fears, and the unjust prison system they’re in threaten to tear the theatre troupe apart as they prepare to put on their most audacious ...

TIFF 2023

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: They Shot the Piano Player is a Beautiful Retelling of a Musical Tragedy

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Fingernails is a Charming, and Surprisingly Amusing Love Story

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: School Politics Makes Life a Misery in The Teacher’s Lounge

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Sisters Are Each Other’s Heroes in Quiz Lady

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Pain Hustlers Tells An Important Story, Badly

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Division of Labour in a Marriage is Murder in Anatomy of a Fall

TIFF 2023 Review: The Movie Emperor Hilariously Satirizes the Film Industry and Class Divisions

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: American Fiction Hilariously Challenges the Commodification of Identity

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: It’s the Patriarchy Against Love in The Queen of My Dreams

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Sing Sing Uses Theatre to Fight the Dehumanization of the US Prison System

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