In Joker, failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) works as a clown to pay the bills and lives at home with his sickly mother. Beaten down by a society coming apart at the seams, Fleck struggles to maintain a positive outlook yet desperately wants to make people laugh. Struggling to find his way, Fleck soon… [Read More]
TIFF ’19: Seberg
By Jason Thai Seberg is a political thriller film based off the life of Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart), an American actress who was popularized in French movies in the 1960s. Returning to America in 1967 to star in a movie, Seberg runs into black rights activist Hakim Jamal (Anthony Mackie), a member of the Black… [Read More]
TIFF ’19: Judy
Starring Renee Zellweger as the titular star, Judy follows the final years of Hollywood icon Judy Garland as she performs tireless in an effort to regain custody of her children. Set thirty years “The Wizard of Oz,” Garland arrives in London to perform nightly sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she… [Read More]
TIFF ’19: Motherless Brooklyn
Written and directed by Edward Norton, Motherless Brooklyn tells the story of Lionel Essrog (Norton), a Brooklyn detective in post-war New York. Working with street smart private investigator Frank Minna (Bruce Willis), Lionel (who also goes by the name Brooklyn) and his team uncover the truth for hire. However, when Minna is shot and left for dead,… [Read More]
3 Days with Dad: Finding Our Place
3 Days with Dad tells the story of Eddie Mills (Larry Clarke), a middle-aged man who must go home to deal with his dying Dad. However, after returning to his crazy family, Eddie finds himself slipping back into old patterns as he reconnects with old friends. Then, as he is confronted with the revelation that… [Read More]
TIFF ’19: I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain
In her directorial debut, Sofia Banzhaf (Black Conflux, Splinters) introduces us to a young and unnamed female protagonist (Micaela Robertson), showing us fragments of her journey with sexual exploration. Incredibly stoic throughout the film, she is almost emotionless as she interacts with her three sexual partners (Spencer Macpherson, Daniel Maslany, and Andy McQueen). In fact,… [Read More]
Freaks: Fighting For (and Against) Normal
By Jason Thai In the new sci-fi thriller Freaks, Chloe (Alexa Kolker) is a 7-year old girl who is forced to live at home without any interaction with the outside world. Living under a set of rules enforced by her paranoid and frantic father, Henry, who will do whatever it takes to keep Chloe in…. [Read More]
TIFF ’19: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood introduces the iconic figure through the eyes of Lloyd Vogel, an investigative journalist with Esquire magazine with a history of exposing the darkness of our world. Tasked with writing a mere 400 words for an issue about our ‘heroes’, Vogel begrudgingly accepts his assignment and begins to meet regularly with… [Read More]
Hustlers: Getting What’s Yours
Starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu, Hustlers gives the audience an inside look at highs and lows of the adult entertainment industry. Set in the early 2000s, the film tells the story of Destiny (Wu), an up and coming stripper who is taken under her wing by Ramona (Lopez), an older stripper with a knack for… [Read More]
What Death Leaves Behind
What Death Leaves Behind showed up in my inbox, a strange indie horror/thriller that I’d never heard of before. Now, it’s not infrequent for an indie to arrive in my box, but it is strange when a movie shows up – and it’s thought-provoking. In this case, the story of a man who has an… [Read More]
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