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Alex Heeney

Alex Heeney / September 17, 2020

TIFF Review: Bandar Band is a road trip through the 2019 Iran floods

The 2019 Iran floods are the backdrop of director Manijeh Hekmat’s often lighthearted film, Bandar Band.

A still from the TIFF film Violation.

Alex Heeney / September 14, 2020

TIFF Review: Violation starts out well but disappoints

Violation is a cottage-country-Canada twist on the rape-revenge genre, which explores consent and the limits of revenge.

Alex Heeney / September 13, 2020

TIFF Review: Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is romantic to a fault

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland is her most technically accomplished, accessible, and sadly, conventional and sentimental work to date.

Alex Heeney / September 11, 2020

TIFF Review: Francis Lee’s Ammonite is transporting

Ammonite, Francis Lee’s follow-up to God’s Own Country transports us back to 1800s Lyme, where pioneering paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) spent her life finding, cleaning, and selling fossils.

The TIFF logo on a latop on a background of question marks.

Alex Heeney / September 11, 2020

Who is TIFF 2020 for anyway?

In this unprecedented time of pandemic, TIFF had a chance to do something special in 2020. From a place of love, we dissect the shortcomings of this year’s digital festival.

Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant in front of a still from their film Lucky. The image features text that says this is an interview for the Fantasia Film Fest.

Alex Heeney / September 9, 2020

Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant on the horror of daily misogyny in Lucky

Director Natasha Kermani and writer-star Brea Grant discuss their slasher horror-comedy Lucky, a film that makes the horrific impact of daily microaggressions visible.

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