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Daniel Eng

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TIFF ’23: Fitting In

TIFF ’23: Fitting In

Fitting In is one of the most honest coming-of-age movies to be made in recent memory. As Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) heads into her sophomore year of high school, social tensions are rising. She has a boy that she really likes, named Adam (D’Pharoh Woon-A-Tai) and is...

TIFF ’23: Perfect Days

TIFF ’23: Perfect Days

Living a humble life, Hirayama seems to have mastered his daily routine. He knows exactly how to do his work as the custodian of the Tokyo public toilets, enjoys his collection of music while he drives, showers at one of the public baths, has a small meal, and then...

Iron Butterflies: Fire and Fury

Iron Butterflies: Fire and Fury

We should have seen it coming. Iron Butterflies looks at Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 on July 17, 2014, which was shot down on its way to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam over the airspace of Eastern Ukraine. All 298 lost their lives this day but, while the shock was...

Shortcomings – An Unlikeable Film, Bro

Shortcomings – An Unlikeable Film, Bro

Some might consider my by-line to be an oxymoron but the protagonist of Randall Park's debut film, Shortcomings is certainly his own version of a 'film bro'. He may despise Randall Park's copyright-free version of Crazy Rich Asians called 'In Beginnings', which ends...

Theater Camp – A Place to Belong

Theater Camp – A Place to Belong

Theater people can make gold, when you put them together with a little bit of cardboard. Theater Camp is co-directed by actress Molly Gordon (The Bear, Shiva Baby) and Nick Lieberman, both in their directorial debuts. Written by Gordon, Lieberman, Ben Platt and Noah...

The Lesson: A Class in Subtle Intrigue

The Lesson: A Class in Subtle Intrigue

In some of their best roles to date, The Lesson stars Richard E Grant, Darryl McCormack and Julie Delpy as a renowned author (Grant), his wife the innovative painter (Delpy) and an esteemed English tutor named Liam (Darryl McCormack). The story begins when Liam, fresh...

I’m a Virgo: Art as Propaganda

I’m a Virgo: Art as Propaganda

Like Connor Roy of Succession, Boots Riley, creator of I'm a Virgo, has always been interested in politics. But unlike the fictional Roy, Riley has always put it into action through his work. For example, after the Oakland High School funding was cut in the 1980s, he...

Making Time: An Assembly of Parts

Making Time: An Assembly of Parts

Making Time focuses on multiple people who are involved in the world of watches and time. As experts in horology, designers and watchmakers, they are the people who preserve the watch as an art form and share how their personal life stories are tied to watches....