A place to think deeply about movies
Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.
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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Alex Heeney reflects back on the 17 best films at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2022), including two short films.After two years of mostly …
Alex Heeney reviews Sinéad O’Shea’s film Pray for Our Sinners, a heart-wrenching documentary about the quiet resistance to Catholic rule in Ireland.Sinéad …
Alex Heeney reviews Malou Reymann's feature film debut, Unruly, which had its world premiere at TIFF 22. Set in 1930s Denmark, mostly on Sprøgo island, which …
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Alex Heeney reviews writer-director Gunnar Vikene’s film War Sailor, which is the best kind of war movie: a character drama that happens amidst war, focusing …
Our annual feature on the best must-see shorts at TIFF 2022 highlights films from around the world and across forms, including Bigger on the Inside and The …
