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

Radha Blank drinking from a cup on the bus in The Forty-Year-Old Version.

Orla Smith / October 8, 2020

The Forty-Year-Old Version: A brilliant comedy about the struggle not to sell out

Radha Blank wrote, directed, and stars in The Forty-Year-Old Version, a hilarious comedy about the struggle to stay true to your voice as a marginalized creator while also getting paid.

Alex Heeney / October 8, 2020

Percy Review: Something interesting happened in Saskatchewan

Based on a true story, Percy is about a Saskatchewan canola farmer who fought big GMO in a years-long lawsuit, preventing wheat from becoming a GMO product.

Stills from Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) and Dating Amber, with the text 'Inside Out' on top.

Alex Heeney / October 2, 2020

From Ellie & Abbie to Dating Amber, a preview of the 2020 InsideOut Film Festival

InsideOut 2020, the annual Ontario LGBTQ+ showcase, goes online this year with highlights including Ellie & Abbie and Dating Amber.

Alex Heeney / October 2, 2020

Frameline winner Rurangi is an involving drama about a trans man’s homecoming

New Zealand drama Rurangi is an emotionally involving film about the ways that shame hurts everyone, featuring a gender diverse cast.

Chloë Grace Moretz in flight officer uniform, carrying a briefcase, in Shadow in the Cloud.

Orla Smith / September 25, 2020

TIFF Review: Shadow in the Cloud is a film of two halves

Shadow in the Cloud is a strange Frankenstein of director Roseanne Liang’s feminist perspective and the ludicrous sensibilities of screenwriter Max Landis, who was removed from the project after numerous sexual assault allegations.

A still from Beans, featuring young actress Kiawentiio as Beans and Rainbow Dickerson as her mother, Lily.

Alex Heeney / September 23, 2020

TIFF Review: Beans offers a child’s eye view of the Oka crisis

Tracey Deer’s Beans is a deeply flawed but incredibly moving about a 12-year-old Mohawk girl’s political awakening during the Oka crisis.

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