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Courtney Small
Senior Critic
Courtney is a Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic and co-host of the radio show Frameline. He has written for several publications including POV Magazine, CBC Arts, Exclaim!, Cinema Axis, Leonard Maltin, In the Seats, Black Girl Nerds, and Comix Asylum. He also discusses diversity in cinema as host of the Changing Reels podcast and is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, GALECA, the African American Film Critics Association and is a Golden Globes international voter.Articles by Courtney Small:
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October 11, 2023
Get Physical: Transformers: Rise of the BeastsTransformers: Rise of the Beasts may have the Autobots teaming up with The Maximals, but it is the human-robot bonds that resonate the most.
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September 27, 2023
Young Love Review: A Comedy Families Will LoveAn amusing and entertaining slice of everyday life, Young Love is a charming series that is fun for the whole family.
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September 19, 2023
TIFF 2023: Dear Jassi ReviewDear Jassi is a powerful tale of the unwavering flame of love and the brutal injustice that often tries to extinguish it.
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September 17, 2023
TIFF 2023: Bria Mack Gets A Life ReviewThe comedy series Bria Mack Gets A Life finds a young smart Black woman reluctantly navigating the workforce and adulthood.
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September 17, 2023
TIFF 2023: Hit Man ReviewRichard Linklater’s Hit Man loosely tells the real-life story of Gary Johnson, a professor who pretended to be a hit man for undercover police stings.
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September 11, 2023
TIFF 2023: The Royal Hotel ReviewDirector Kitty Green’s thriller follows two friends forced to deal with increasingly rowdy and sexist male customers after taking a job bartending in a remote mining town.
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September 8, 2023
TIFF 2023: Kanaval ReviewHenri Pardo’s drama follows a young Haitian boy who migrates to rural Quebec and struggles with the growing distance between him and his mother.
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September 8, 2023
TIFF 2023: We Grown Now ReviewWe Grown Now offers a moving portrait of friendship and boyhood in a community nearing its end. #TIFF23
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August 15, 2023
Get Physical: Fast XDominic talks a lot about “family” in the Fast and Furious films, but there’s another F-word that unites these street racers: faith.
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August 8, 2023
Fantasia 2023: New Life ReviewNew Life is a suspenseful thriller that follows two women both attempting to navigate circumstances far beyond their control.
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July 29, 2023
Fantasia 2023: With Love and a Major Organ ReviewGleefully weird at times, and anchored by strong performances by Anna Maguire and Hamza Haq, With Love and a Major Organ dances to its own unique beat.
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July 23, 2023
Fantasia 2023: Raging Grace ReviewRaging Grace is a tense horror film about the plight of undocumented workers in cycles of servitude.
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July 23, 2023
Fantasia 2023: The Fantastic Golem Affairs ReviewWhen The Fantastic Golem Affairs is firing on all cylinders it is a riot, it is just a shame it runs out of comedic gas.
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