TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Ah Girl’

Festival Coverage, Movies, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Ah Girl’

I did research on Ah Girl‘s director Ang Geck Geck, apparently she had a job while making this. Directors are superheroes, putting heart and passion in films like this, in this case, something based on her life. The titular character (Xuan Jing Ong) and her sister Ah Tian (Sydney Wong) seem like well fed children. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’

Movies, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?’

War films are a dime a dozen. Every major war has had dozens of films made about it too, with the Vietnam war being one of the most popular. A common theme throughout many of them is the effect the war had on the people who lived through it and the atrocities that Americans committed. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Brace Your Heart’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Brace Your Heart’

The Sami people contain multitudes, Amanda Kernell’s Brace Your Heart showing a more traditional side of that Indigenous community. The characters in this film are reindeer herders, Ejva (Elli-Sara Valkeapää), a daughter of a reindeer herder. That ‘in’ is Heaika (Andte Gaup-Juuso), who, after sleeping with her, promises that the community will vote for her. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Idda’

Uncategorized ‐ ‐ September 19, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Idda’

IddaIdda, from director Irene Dionisio, is about a lot of things, including the active volcano atop Mount Etna. It’s also mostly about Adele, or Ita (Tecla Insolia), trying to climb a volcano for her photography project. Accompanying her is Sofia (Romana Maggiora Vergano), her estranged bff / ex-girlfriend, trying to make up for lost time. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 18, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’

Slavoj Zizek and director Sophie Fiennes give viewers the third installment to their Pervert’s Guide series. This time around, they give us The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias, which shows…Coppola’s film Apocalypse Now? This documentary is basically a clip show, showing fictional dystopias, comparing them with real life dystopias. At first, the film doesn’t seem right. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Strong Son’

Festival Coverage, Movies, TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 18, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Strong Son’

In 2020 a short film with the title Strong Son premiered at TIFF. It was only three minutes long, but still touched on themes like toxic masculinity, aging parents, and mental health. Now, writer and director Ian Bawa returns to the festival with his debut feature of the same name, extrapolating on all of these themes. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Wild Wild East’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 18, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Wild Wild East’

Wild Wild East isn’t my first World War II western, and I like seeing some rare subgenres every other year. There are a lot of characters and aspects embodying Western motifs including its antihero, Martin Wolff (Itay Tiran). Riding into a Polish town on a horse, the German clerk is there to investigate missing Jewish gold. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Where the River Begins’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 18, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Where the River Begins’

Where the River Begins follows Yajaira (Girleza Duave Cerezo), a young Emberá woman living in Bogota. At night, she looks at pictures of the river where her home village is, leaving there because of the violence. As it turns out, Bogota has its share of violence, enough for her to take the perilous journey back. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘La Gradiva’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 18, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘La Gradiva’

Co-writer and director Marine Atlan gives viewers La Gradiva and is showing us a nightmare scenario – Gen-Z teens! In particular, two French teachers take their students to Pompeii to study Latin science and art with independence. At times, they go where they’re not supposed to, but during ‘work’, they go to volcanoes and museums. […]

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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Neverman’

TIFF 2026 ‐ ‐ September 18, 2026
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TIFF 2026: Our Review of ‘Neverman’

Alzheimer’s strips away who we are. It clouds the past, and leaves people in daze. For Lucia (Justin Vivian Bond), there could be nothing worse. She has spent her life fighting for gay and trans rights, but as she’s grown tired of fighting. She wants nothing more than to retire to a place where people […]

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