<h1>Raevin Larue</h1>

Raevin Larue

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TIFF ’24: On a Sunday at Eleven

TIFF ’24: On a Sunday at Eleven

In 2019, on the heels of heavy discussion surrounding black life in Canada, George Floyd, and the impact of micro-aggressions on the black community, writer and director, Alicia K. Harris released her critically acclaimed short, Pick, a film about a young black girl...

TIFF ’24: Riff Raff

TIFF ’24: Riff Raff

God I wanted to like this movie. Ed Harris, Lewis Pullman and Bill Murray? Gabriel Union? I was so in. I was also enticed by the films breakout star Miles J Harvey, in a role I rarely get to see black men play. Sadly, this dysfunctional family, semi-Christmas movie...

TIFF ’24: Shell

TIFF ’24: Shell

Shell, directed by Max Minhella combines body horror and dark comedy to reflect Hollywoods obsession with youth and beauty, and to be honest, it was pretty disappointing. The film stars Elisabeth Moss as Samantha, a desperate actress making a last ditch attempt to...

TIFF ’24: Seeds

TIFF ’24: Seeds

This movie is going to be a cult classic. Exciting, thrilling, and action-packed with a killer soundtrack, Kaniehtiio Horn absolutely crushes it with her directorial debut. In Seeds, Ziggy's (Horn) life is on the up and up. Living in what feels like the most expensive...

TIFF ’24: Nightbitch

TIFF ’24: Nightbitch

This is the most beautiful portrayal of motherhood I have ever seen. Mother (Amy Adams) is a first-time mom to a rambunctious toddler and she is struggling. Overworked and sleep-deprived, she is stuck in a routine that makes her feel less and less like herself every...

TIFF ’24: Nutcrackers

TIFF ’24: Nutcrackers

Nutcrackers is a film that we have all seen before. Hot shot, business person and proud workaholic is forced to return to their hometown after a sudden tragedy or some other plot device. In this holiday-set, family film, very important yet seemingly overlooked...