Citizen Minutes often feels both relatable and universal. That's its strength. The doc pulls shorts from many unique and diverse communities to look at the issues and triumphs they've made in their groups and as individuals. The films are all short documentaries that...
Writer-director Rebecca Miller's She Came to Me finds melodrama at every angle, using its talented cast to paint thin portraits of people whose lives should be very simple and nice, but they simply aren't. Steven (Peter Dinklage) is considered a genius-level,...
Now streaming on Hollywood Suite, Wreck is a British comedy horror series from the BBC. The show stars Oscar Kennedy as Jamie, a young man who takes a job on board a cruise ship in order to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his sister's...
As absurd as its title Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person tells the story of Sasha who, as a young vampire, was cursed with the capacity to have empathy for her food. Seeking alternatives to her need for blood, Sasha witnesses another teen deprived of...
In this harrowing contemporary humanist drama, auteur Agnieszka Holland becomes the second Polish film of TIFF to look at the banality of evil but shows us how it's happening in the present. Shot in a very draining black and white verite documentary style, Green...
A cleanly presented film, whose story will likely stir up both empathetic and artistic energies, Sing Sing sees the power of theatre come to life in what many consider the darkest havens of America. Sing Sing Correctional Facility boasts an arts rehabilitation program...
Confidently directed by Lulu Wang, her follow-up to The Farewell received much critical acclaim out of Sundance and finally should establish her as “going Hollywood”. Expats is a six-part miniseries based on the book Expatriates by Janine K Lee. TIFF invited Lulu to...
Richard Linklater never fails and, more amazingly, continues to surprise. Even as he traverses genres, he always nails the core relationships. At the same time, he understands that romantic love brings us together and makes us make the most absurd choices possible. A...
George C. Wolfe’s latest film, Rustin, shows that he finds scripts that give his generational talented actors the to shine. However, this one takes a step back in its originality and covers mostly familiar narrative and historical ground. Rustin stars Colman Domingo...