“We’re all going on a summer holiday”. Much as this old song might tempt us to think that this is what we want, award-winning director Luis De Filippis’s first feature-length film reminds us that those family holidays aren’t always filled with happiness and harmony. Twenty-something trans daughter Ren (superbly played by newcomer Carmen Madonia) and…
Joy Ride, Adele Lim’s directorial debut, comedically takes us on a journey of friendship, honesty and taking chances. Audrey (played by Ashley Park) is sent to China to close a business deal for her law firm. Excited about the trip, Audrey decides to take her best friend, Lolo (Sherry Cola), as a translator because, although…
In some of their best roles to date, The Lesson stars Richard E Grant, Darryl McCormack and Julie Delpy as a renowned author (Grant), his wife the innovative painter (Delpy) and an esteemed English tutor named Liam (Darryl McCormack). The story begins when Liam, fresh off his masters at Oxford in English, takes a prestigious…
Like Connor Roy of Succession, Boots Riley, creator of I’m a Virgo, has always been interested in politics. But unlike the fictional Roy, Riley has always put it into action through his work. For example, after the Oakland High School funding was cut in the 1980s, he organized a walkout with his friends. He made…
Directed by Peter Weir, The Truman Show tells the story of Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), a man who seems to be living the dream. However, something feels off. As he begins to break ‘the rules’, he slowly begins to realize that his life is comprised by a non-stop television show directed by Kristoff (Ed Harris). But as…
Making Time focuses on multiple people who are involved in the world of watches and time. As experts in horology, designers and watchmakers, they are the people who preserve the watch as an art form and share how their personal life stories are tied to watches. Through their journeys, the viewer begins to understand why…
After the traumatic death of her husband, Aurora (Noelle Schonwald) decides to flee Colombia in search of a new life. Hiding in the trunk of a couple’s car, she decides to leave her daughter behind and make her way to Canada. Although she is unable to speak the language and struggles to get settled, Aurora…
Does the world still need Indiana Jones? That’s the question that lies at the heart of the latest (and final) installment of the iconic film franchise. And it’s a question of bears asking. Directed by James Mangold, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny begins in the final days of World War II as the iconic hero…
Directed by Julie Cohen, Every Body is a film that wants to explore and disseminate the assumptions that we make about intersex people and gender identity. Focusing her camera on actor and screenwriter River Gallo (they/them), political consultant Alicia Roth Weigel (she/they) and Ph.D. student Sean Saifa Wall (he/him), Cohen shares the stories of shame and secrecy…
No matter how one has experienced trauma, it always leaves a mark on the soul. But, Here. Is. Better. wants to remind us that hope still lies on the horizon. In Here. Is. Better., the viewer has unprecedented access into the counselling sessions of military veterans who are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For each of…
