As part of the Special Presentations section of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, SHEPHERDS was very high on my list of movies to check out as I was a huge fan of filmmaker Sophie Deraspe’s ANTIGONE and VITAL SIGNS, both of which I saw at Whistler and the respective South By Southwest Film Festival […]
TIFF 2024
TIFF 2024 Reaction – MR. K

Do you wonder what actor Crispin Glover is up to these days? He was in a new movie at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and not many people noticed! Read on. The TIFF Lowdown: Crispin Glover brings his best to Tallulah H Schwab’s delightfully Kafkaesque tale of a travelling magician who finds himself in […]
TIFF 2024 Reaction – PAYING FOR IT

I was thrilled to be able to see Sook Yin-Lee’s new movie PAYING FOR IT, as I have been a long time supporter of her work ever since admiring her work as a MuchMusic VJ, her acting and directing work over the years. It’s so wonderful to see her work continue with a new feature […]
TIFF 2024 Reaction – SEEDS

Another solid Canadian feature at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival is SEEDS, the latest work from filmmaker Kaniehtiio Horn, no stranger to Canadian and American cinema. The TIFF Lowdown: Kaniehtiio Horn (Alice, Darling, TIFF ’22) wrote, directed, and stars in Seeds, a tense thriller that weaves Kanienʼkehá꞉ka connections to the land with a cat-and-mouse game. […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2024 – Threading Up The Brutalist

The 2024 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival starts today. This is my ninth year attending TIFF and I wouldn’t even say I am a regular at this point. Film camp is heavy this year in Toronto with the likes of Mike Leigh, Steven Soderbergh, Brady Corbet, Sean Baker and many, many other established […]