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Tag: TIFF 2023

‘How to Have Sex’ is the best movie of the year | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosFebruary 1, 2024

How to Have Sex follows a trio of friends on a drunken debauched island holiday that leads to trouble

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‘Dream Scenario’ puts Nicolas Cage in an internet-age nightmare | review

ComedyKarl DelossantosSeptember 16, 20231
Nicolas Cage in Dream Scenario. Courtesy of TIFF.

A woefully average middle-aged professor garners overnight fame after he appears in the entire world’s dreams in Dream Scenario

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‘Origin’ traverses time to investigate the roots of oppression | review

DramaKarl DelossantosSeptember 12, 2023
Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in Ava DuVernay's Origin. Courtesy of TIFF.

Origin follows an author’s pursuit of the roots of oppression against the backdrop of her own personal struggles

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TIFF 2023 reviews: ‘Woman of the Hour’ and ‘Shayda’

DramaKarl DelossantosSeptember 14, 2023
Woman of the Hour premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. Courtesy of TIFF.

Actor-turned-director Anna Kendrick and first-time director Noora Niasari screened their new movies at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival

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‘American Fiction’ satirically rewrites race into Hollywood | review

ComedyKarl DelossantosSeptember 17, 2023
Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction. Courtesy of TIFF.

American Fiction follows a fed-up Black author who sarcastically writes a “Black novel” to poke fun at the media’s hypocrisy only to find himself with his most success to date

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‘Unicorns’ is a glittering unlikely queer romance | review

DramaKarl DelossantosSeptember 9, 2023
Ben Hardy and Jason Patel star in Unicorns. Courtesy of TIFF.

Unicorns follows a South Asian drag queen and Essex mechanic’s sparkling will-they-won’t-they romance of queer discovery and joy

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