In Kamila Andini's Yuni, the eponymous teenager tries to figure out who she is amidst growing patriarchal pressures. Three years after its TIFF premiere, the …
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TIFF 23 Film Review: Katalin Moldovai’s Without Air
In Katalin Moldovai’s feature debut, Without Air, a beloved literature teacher stands to lose her job after she recommends Agnieszka Holland’s gay romance Total …
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Falcon Lake explores the threshold between childhood and adolescence
Charlotte Lebon's feature debut, Falcon Lake, is a sensitive look at a pair of teenagers caught between childhood and adulthood, friendship and romance. Falcon …
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Quick Thoughts: Alice Winocour’s film Paris Memories (Revoir Paris)
With her new film Paris Memories (Revoir Paris), Alice Winocour continues her exploration of traumatized bodies and PTSD that has defined all of her films to …
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Quick Thoughts Film Review: Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter
Alex Heeney reviews Joanna Hogg's film The Eternal Daughter is an unexpected sequel to her Souvenir duology: a ghost story exploring the creative process and a …
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TIFF Review: The Swearing Jar is an existential crisis film with two romances
Alex Heeney reviews Lindsay Mackay's second feature film, The Swearing Jar, an existential crisis film with two romances.There’s a scene in Patricia Rozema’s …
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