Film Festivals

TIFF 2019: Interview with Production Designer Ra Vincent of JOJO RABBIT
TIFF 2019: Interview With JOJO RABBIT Production Designer Ra Vincent

While at TIFF 2019, Wilson Kwong had the opportunity to speak with production designer for JoJo Rabbit, Ra Vincent.

TIFF 2019: That Sweet Little Nazi JOJO RABBIT Will Steal Your Heart
TIFF 2019: That Sweet Little Nazi JOJO RABBIT Will Steal Your Heart

A letter to love each other by looking to the past through the eyes of a child, Jojo Rabbit is as ridiculous and audacious as it is sweet and charming.

TIFF 2019: KNIVES OUT: A Delightful, Masterfully Crafted Detective Mystery
TIFF 2019: KNIVES OUT: A Delightful, Masterfully Crafted Detective Mystery

Knives Out will appeal to fans of the detective mystery genre, fans of the astounding cast, or those who love Johnson’s subversively entertaining films.

TIFF Reviews: HUMAN CAPITAL And THE WILD GOOSE LAKE
TIFF 2019: HUMAN CAPITAL And THE WILD GOOSE LAKE

Straight from Toronto International Film Festival, Brent Goldman covers Human Capital and The Wild Goose Lake.

Venice International Film Festival 2019: GUEST OF HONOUR
Venice Film Festival 2019: GUEST OF HONOUR

Guest of Honour ultimately feels like a missed opportunity for both an intriguing character study on grief, and a compelling drama.

TIFF 2019: WAVES Finds Hell, Healing & Humanity
TIFF 2019: WAVES Finds Hell, Healing & Humanity

Waves is an exquisitely crafted piece of art that solidifies Shults as a force to be reckoned with.

CinéfestOZ Film Festival 2019: MEASURE FOR MEASURE
CinéfestOZ Film Festival 2019: MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Measure For Measure is a worthy testimonial to the talents of a gifted screenwriter and actor who has left us too soon.

Toronto International Film Festival 2019: All About Almódovar In PAIN AND GLORY
TIFF 2019: All About Almódovar In PAIN AND GLORY

Above all, Pedro Almódovar’s latest film Pain and Glory is a semi-autobiographical trilogy and a love letter to cinema.

Toronto International Film Festival 2019: Interview With Director Oualid Mouaness and Actress Nadine Labaki of 1982
TIFF 2019: Interview With Director Oualid Mouaness & Star Nadine Labaki Of 1982

Monique Vigneault had the opportunity to speak with actress Nadine Labaki and director Qualid Mouaness about their latest film 1982.

TIFF 2019: Céline Sciamma's dreamy riff on female gaze in PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
TIFF 2019: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE: Céline Sciamma’s Dreamy Riff On Female Gaze

Céline Sciamma’s tender masterpiece paints a portrait of visual poetry, of what happens when art intersects with love for a fragment of time.

CinéfestOZ Film Festival 2019 Review: JUDY & PUNCH
CinéfestOZ Film Festival 2019: JUDY & PUNCH

Mirrah Foulkes’ folk tale of misogyny in the Middle Ages, Judy & Punch, is sometimes mischievous and sometimes utterly volatile, but never formulaic.

Venice International Film Festival 2019: THE TRUTH (LA VÉRITÉ)
Venice Film Festival 2019: THE TRUTH (LA VÉRITÉ)

Despite excellent performances from Binoche and Deneuve, Koreeda’s The Truth is rather more conventionally dull.

TIFF REVIEW: THE GOLDFINCH Fails Donna Tartt
TIFF 2019: THE GOLDFINCH Fails Donna Tartt

John Crowley’s adaptation of The Goldfinch lets down its source material and is, above it all, limp Oscar-bait.

Venice International Film Festival 2019: PELIKANBLUT
Venice Film Festival 2019: PELIKANBLUT

Katrin Gebbe’s Pelikanblut is a balance of dramatically written material and an underbelly of deliciously spooky horror.

CinéfestOZ Film Festival 2019: SUPER WHALE HIGHWAYCinéfestOZ Film Festival 2019: SUPER WHALE HIGHWAY
CinéfestOZ Film Festival 2019: WHALE SUPER HIGHWAY

Thoughtfully composed and steadily educational, Super Whale Highway’s reflection on the domestic duties of the humpback whale is a trip worth taking.