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Shorts Program 01 Highlights @ TIFF 2025
Jazz Infernal First and foremost, let me get it out of the way that I just adore jazz music, so this short always had a bit of a bias in my books. Nevertheless! Bias put aside, this is still an undoubtedly cinematic jazz journey (giving "Whiplash" during certain
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If I Had Legs I Would Kick You | TIFF50
In the performance of her career, Rose Byrne encapsulates the hardships and mental turmoil caregivers around the world can relate to.
Paul & Paulette Take a Bath: Film Review
Presenting itself as a traditional indie romcom, Paul & Paulette Take a Bath (2024) asks the viewer to question our culture's voyeuristic fascination with ‘true crime' and macabre historical events.
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Hamlet | TIFF 50
“And the Academy Award for Best Actor goes to…Riz Ahmed, Hamlet!”
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Blue Moon: Hart-break | TIFF 50
The eternal heartbreak of the flamboyant Bi+ man, cursed to be misunderstood by the world, and left in his troubles alone.
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Does "Hercules" go the distance ?
Celeste reviews the musical adaptation of her beloved 1997 childhood Disney film "Hercules".
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🇬🇧🇪🇸Little Amélie or The Character of Rain | TIFF 50
Never since Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro (1988) have I had the pleasure of watching a film that approaches the theme of childhood as lovingly and efficiently as Little Amélie or The Character of Rain (2025).
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The Cut: Sleeper Punch
One of the most intense and surprising psychological thrillers I've witnessed to this year, Orlando Bloom puts in the performance of his career with a stacked cast and a categorically terrifying script.
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The Baltimorons: Love is One Dental Cavity Away
The Baltimorons is a fresh film, maybe the first improv based film that’s actually good, and it wields a startling emphasis on character conflict behind the public affairs of its loser leads.
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Pools: Floatation Device Not Included
There's something real here under its boozy convos between gasps of air, in being lost inside a shame spiral, but when it comes to exploring it? Not as such; these characters gesture at depth, but Pools has little to give besides what it can tease out of its performances.
On the Boob | Walthamstow Fringe
An earnest and fantastical portrait of a woman wrestling motherhood with both hands.