Film Reviews

Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.

Alex Heeney / September 20, 2024

TIFF 2024 Film Review: Tumpal Tampubolon’s Crocodile Tears

Alex Heeney reviews Crocodile Tears, a genre-inflected first feature film about a toxic mother-son relationship, from Indonesian filmmaker Tumpal Tampubolon. …

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Alex Heeney / September 20, 2024

TIFF 2024 Film Review: Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc’s Tata

Alex Heeney reviews the personal documentary film Tata by Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc. The film follows Lina as she reconnects with her estranged father and …

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Alex Heeney / September 9, 2024

TIFF 2024 Film Review: Guillaume Senez’s A Missing Part

Alex Heeney reviews Belgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez's third feature film, A Missing Part screening in the TIFF Special Presentations section. The film is …

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Alex Heeney / September 9, 2024

TIFF 2024 Film Review: Koya Kamura’s Winter in Sokcho

Alex Heeney reviews Japanese-French filmmaker Koya Kamura's impressive debut film, Winter in Sokcho, screening in the TIFF Platform Competition. Listen to our …

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Alex Heeney / September 9, 2024

TIFF 2024 Film Review: Egil Pederson’s My Father’s Daughter

Alex Heeney reviews Sámi filmmaker Egil Pederson's film My Father's Daughter at TIFF 2024 Listen to our TIFF 2024 podcast on bicultural daughters and their …

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Alex Heeney / September 6, 2024

TIFF 2024 Review: Leonardo van Dijl’s Julie Keeps Quiet

Alex Heeney reviews Belgian filmmaker Leonardo van Dijl's tennis-set film Julie Keeps Quiet about a teenage girl re-learning the importance of boundaries after …

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