I don’t know what I was expecting when I got a ticket to this screening. Truthfully, this documentary wasn’t high on my list, because I’m not a sports fan, and my expectations going into the theatre were pretty low. But boy, did this documentary get me. Co-directed by...
Directed by Yoon Ga-eun, The World of Love follows lively, outgoing teenager, Jooin (Seo Su-bin), as she navigates friendships, relationships, and a secret trauma she keeps hidden underneath her bubbly personality. The World of Love starts off as a ‘regular’ coming of...
Devotion, for me, is an enviable thing. I think that a person who is able to give everything to sticking to their morals should be applauded. In The Testament of Ann Lee, Mona Fastvold paints a portrait of the total devotion of Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried), founder of...
Nacer (Samir Guesmi) is a man that works hard for what he has. He’s got a great relationship with his wife, Farrah (Meriem Medjkane), and his children, who attend a prestigious school. But even though he’s rich in relationships, his pay at his job does not reflect the...
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk gives us an inside look on recent life in Gaza through the eyes (and in the words) of Palestinian photographer, Fatma Hassouna, who was tragically killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier this year. Throughout this film, Fatma showed...
When Mi-sun (Han So-hee) and Do-kyung (Jun Jong-seo), two women forced to play by the rules of a society of crime to get by, are scammed out of their way to a better life, they hatch up a plan to steal back what was stolen from them. This leads them to the discovery...
My first rush line experience of TIFF ’25, I saw The Captive because my sisters came downtown for the afternoon and wanted to see whatever was available. I find that movies I see this way are some of the most exciting. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar, The Captive is a...
What a way to spend a Sunday morning. Abuse in the church is unfortunately something that is not surprising to hear about anymore, but Nuns vs. The Vatican exposes yet another kind that has managed to go under the radar for decades: abuse against nuns in the Catholic...
In My Father’s Shadow, brothers, Remi and Akin (real life brothers, Godwin Chiemerie Egbo and Chibuike Marvelous Egbo), accompany their father, Folarin (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù), from the village to Lagos to collect his salary – their first time in the city. I was thinking of...