Movie Reviews

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TIFF23: “Fingernails” - Film Review
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TIFF23: “Fingernails” - Film Review

In the end, the only answer Fingernails has to offer is that it doesn’t know much more about love than you or I do. Just find someone good to figure it out with.

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TIFF23: “Poolman” - Film Review
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TIFF23: “Poolman” - Film Review

Poolman, above all else, is weird. It’s the eccentric adaptation of Joan Didion’s Holy Water in the form of a stoner noir oddball comedy.

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TIFF23: “National Anthem” - Film Review
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TIFF23: “National Anthem” - Film Review

The film is a blueprint for a new way of life. One that’s kinder, more community-focused, and that embraces differences. National Anthem is patriotic, and hopeful for what America can become.

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TIFF23: “Seagrass” - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

TIFF23: “Seagrass” - Film Review

Nothing in reality is neat, so why should Seagrass be? Instead, the film is simply presenting a week in these people’s lives. No better, no worse, just the laughter, pain, and complications of life on full display.

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"birth/rebirth" - Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

"birth/rebirth" - Film Review

Birth/Rebirth is a furious, gnarly, complicated look at motherhood and science, where they intersect, where they diverge, and where they circle back into themselves.

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"River Wild" - Film Review
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"River Wild" - Film Review

It’s not every day that Seth Cohen and Blair Waldorf fight for their lives on a whitewater rafting journey, but if River Wild proves anything, it’s that this should be an everyday occurrence.

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“Landscape with Invisible Hand” - Film Review
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“Landscape with Invisible Hand” - Film Review

In the case of Landscape with Invisible Hand, he’s overwhelmed by the observations he wants to make. There was a tidiness and confidence to Thoroughbreds in Finley’s satirical critiques, but that razor-sharp wit seems to have dulled.

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“Kokomo City” - Documentary Film Review
Tina Kakadelis Tina Kakadelis

“Kokomo City” - Documentary Film Review

When transphobia, racism, and an alarming lack of empathy are rising. Kokomo City is an angry, passionate, proud declaration of taking up space in a world that has taken away the agency of these women.

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"Oppenheimer" - Film Review
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"Oppenheimer" - Film Review

Visually and auditorily, Oppenheimer stands alone, but it’s particularly haunting when the film is finally allowed to be silent. All that’s left is Oppenheimer’s unsteady breathing. It’s that moment where everyone realizes what they have unleashed upon the world.

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