Shining Darkness on Truth: 1on1 with Albert Shin (DISAPPEARANCE ON CLIFTON HILL)

Written and directed by Albert Shin, Disappearance at Clifton Hill tells the story of Abby (Tuppence Middleton), a pathological liar who returns home only to discover that her family?s motel on Niagara?s famous (and infamous) Clifton Hill has been sold. When a childhood trauma is triggered, she sets out on a quest to uncover the truth of…

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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,…

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