THE LIGHTHOUSE
What do you get when you take two fine actors, add some remarkable facial hair, lots of alcohol then stick them in a lighthouse for a month? This was really a silly question because it’s…
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Guess what? I’m one of those people who has no previous interaction with the story of David Copperfield. I’ve never read the books, never watched a play or a film adaptation. So, when the gods…
BLOOD QUANTUM
It’s 2019, and we’re still watching films about zombies. We all say that no genre can truly be played out because it’s the particulars of a story that makes it unique and fascinating, not the…
TIFF16 DAY EIGHT & NINE: MURDER MYSTERIES, PATRIARCHY & AUTOPSIES
RAGE (LEE SANG-IL) After a brutal murder of a husband and wife occurs in a suburban neighbourhood in Japan we watch on as the police gather their evidence from the scene. Immediately we jump to…
TUMP [TIFF16 #2]
It’s time for a TUMP TIFF update. We discuss The Handmaiden, La La Land, Arrival, Birth of a Nation and more. More than likely only one more dispatch to go… it’s already seven days in…