Rachel West

Associate Editor / Senior Critic
Rachel West is a former senior producer for ET Canada and Cineplex with a B.A. (Honours) in Film Studies from Carleton University. She has interviewed everyone from Michael Fassbender to Miss Piggy and has reported live from TIFF, SXSW, Star Wars Celebration, Comic-Con, D23, CinemaCon, BAFTA Tea Party, the SAG Awards, and the Golden Globes, among other events. Her film writing and interviews have appeared in publications and outlets including Entertainment Tonight Canada, Global News, Shaw Connect, The National Post, Toronto Film Scene, Cineplex Magazine, CAA Magazine, Mondo Magazine, Discover Toronto, The Weather Network and more. Rachel’s hobbies include introducing herself to cats she meets on the street, travelling, quoting obscure lines from “The Simpsons” and posting all about it on Twitter. Rachel is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) and has served on several film festival juries including the Rising Sun International Film Festival in Japan, the Tallgrass Film Festival and the ICFF Lavazza Inclucity Festival.


Articles by Rachel West:


  • September 20, 2023

    TIFF 2023: Memory Review

    Peter Sarsgaard and Jessica Chastain star in Michel Franco’s quietly subdued character study, Memory. One of the highlights of TIFF and featuring dynamite performances from two veteran actors, Memory is a compassionate tale of two broken people longing for connection and stability.

  • TIFF 2023: Ewan McGregor Mother Couch review
    September 14, 2023

    TIFF 2023: Mother, Couch Review

    A top-notch cast in fine form can’t save the befuddling Mother, Couch, a story that is at once both too literal and too obscure.

  • TIFF 2023: Nicolas Cage Dream Scenario review
    September 13, 2023

    TIFF 2023: Dream Scenario Review

    What if, instead of Freddy Krueger haunting your dreams, it was an unassuming, mild-mannered biology professor who looks a lot like Nicolas Cage? 

  • TIFF 2023 Review: Mads Mikkelsen in The Promised Land
    September 12, 2023

    TIFF 2023: The Promised Land Review

    Who knew a historical epic about potato farming in Denmark in the mid-18th century would be packed with so much blood, determination, and greed?

  • TIFF 2023 Review: Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
    September 11, 2023

    TIFF 2023: Sing Sing Review

    The real-life story and players of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts programme at Sing Sing Correctional Facility are at the centre of director Greg Kwedar’s affecting and emotional drama, Sing Sing.

  • TIFF 2023: La Suprema Review
    September 9, 2023

    TIFF 2023: La Suprema Review

    Director Felipe Holguín Caro captures the heart of a remote Colombian community in the rousingly joyous La Suprema.

  • Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
    July 18, 2023

    Cillian Murphy’s 10 Best Movie Roles

    With Cillian Murphy about to detonate (sorry) the big screen in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, take a look back at the Irish actor’s best movie roles.

  • Molly Reisman stars as “Molly” and Sofia Banzhaf stars as “Gabrielle” in director Adrian Murray’s film RETROGRADE, a Vortex Media release.
    May 15, 2023

    Retrograde Review: A Study In Entitlement

    For anyone who has ever gotten a traffic ticket, you know that it can be embarrassing, enraging, and even enlightening. Writer/director Adrian Murray hits all of those points in more in his very Toronto second feature, Retrograde.

  • Mary Woodvine in Enys Men horror film review
    March 31, 2023

    Enys Men Review: Where Is The Wicker Man?

    Cornish folk horror Enys Men will reward those with patience, but frustrate the majority of audiences, especially if they go looking for mainstream horror scares.

  • Tetris Movie review
    March 29, 2023

    Tetris Review: Ready Player One

    We’re finally getting a look at how the 8-bit classic came to be in Tetris, a fresh and fast-paced new feature for Apple TV+ that’s worthy of your time.