<h1>Daniel Eng</h1>

Daniel Eng

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TIFF ’24: Emilia Perez

TIFF ’24: Emilia Perez

At a crossroads financially and professionally, Rita (Zoe Saldana), a talented and undervalued lawyer, is tapped to become the bearer of great secrets and responsibility when one of Mexico's most notorious cartel leaders, Manitas Del Monte (Karla Sofia Gascon),...

TIFF ’24: Babygirl

TIFF ’24: Babygirl

When you've gotten all you want in the world of business, family and love, what else could you need? Romy (Nicole Kidman) is about to find out. Not fully satisfied by her and Jacob's (Antonio Banderas) lovemaking, Romy begins to explore different forms of sexual...

TIFF ’24: Bird

TIFF ’24: Bird

Starring breakout lead Nyikka Adams, Bird tells the story of Bailey, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a squat in North Kent, England with her young father Bug (Barry Keoghan). While Bug and Bailey clearly have a connection their relationship is tested when Bug plans...

TIFF ’24: The Piano Lesson

TIFF ’24: The Piano Lesson

Kept as a family exercise both in story and in creation, The Piano Lesson reconciles the value of history and how it fights the needs of the present. Directed by Malcolm Washington, produced by Denzel Washington and starring John David Washington (yes, they are all...

TIFF ’24: On Swift Horses

TIFF ’24: On Swift Horses

With an all-star cast of Jacob Elordi, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Diego Calva, Will Poulter and Sasha Calle, On Swift Horses provides a cinematic look at the tale of two individuals who have a intrisical connection. The two are bonded by what they cannot express and that...

TIFF ’24: Queer

TIFF ’24: Queer

Directed by Luca Guardigno (Call me by your Name, Challengers) offers an adaptation that has both a brilliant storybook quality and a dark undertone of longing and loneliness. Guardigno creates visuals that he likely had as a teenager, reading the book with...

TIFF ’24 : The Brutalist

TIFF ’24 : The Brutalist

The Brutalist takes in the motion of its characters' lives so that you can follow them in their most trying moments. Director Brady Corbet takes great care in creating moments of detail in the travels of his characters. Their choices, while not always explicit,...

TIFF ’24: The Life of Chuck

TIFF ’24: The Life of Chuck

Told in reverse order, The Life of Chuck begins with the third act and ends with the first. This structure, while unconvential, becomes essential to learning about who Chuck is and what he represents. People like Chuck are superheroes. They are the people who, despite...

TIFF ’24: Relay

TIFF ’24: Relay

Starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James, Relay is a contained, but expansive, thriller set in New York City. Sarah (Lily James) first finds Ash (Riz Ahmed) as she seeks a middleman between corporations and the people who have discovered terrible secrets about them. Using a...