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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, Global News, Shaw Connect, The National Post, Toronto Film Scene, Cineplex Magazine, CAA Magazine, FIPRESCI.org, Mondo Magazine, Discover Toronto, The Weather Network and more.
Rachel is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) and the 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, Festival REGARD, and the ICFF Lavazza Inclucity Festival. She is an Associate Programmer at the Blue Mountain Film and Media Festival.
Articles by Rachel West:
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September 13, 2023
TIFF 2023: Dream Scenario ReviewWhat if, instead of Freddy Krueger haunting your dreams, it was an unassuming, mild-mannered biology professor who looks a lot like Nicolas Cage?
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September 13, 2023
TIFF 2023: Back Half Best Bets ReviewThe team at That Shelf has seen dozens of films so far and we have recommendations to round out your festival.
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September 12, 2023
TIFF 2023: The Promised Land ReviewWho knew a historical epic about potato farming in Denmark in the mid-18th century would be packed with so much blood, determination, and greed?
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September 11, 2023
TIFF 2023: Sing Sing ReviewThe 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.
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September 9, 2023
TIFF 2023: La Suprema ReviewDirector Felipe Holguín Caro captures the heart of a remote Colombian community in the rousingly joyous La Suprema.
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July 18, 2023
Cillian Murphy’s 10 Best Movie RolesWith 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.
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May 15, 2023
Retrograde Review: A Study In EntitlementFor 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.
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April 20, 2023
Ari Aster Interview: On Beau Is Afraid, Martin Scorsese & Working With Joaquin PhoenixAfter chilling audiences with Hereditary and Midsommar, Ari Aster is ready to make audiences laugh, at least a little bit, with his “nightmare comedy” Beau Is Afraid.
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April 13, 2023
Renfield Review: Nicolas Cage Sinks His Teeth Into DraculaNicolas Cage has a great time as Dracula but it is Nicholas Hoult’s Renfield who takes centre stage in this horror comedy.
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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.
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March 29, 2023
Tetris Review: Ready Player OneWe’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.
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March 16, 2023
Tenzin Review: The First Tibetan-Canadian ProductionFilmed with mostly non-actors, it is the first Tibetan-Canadian feature film production of its kind.
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March 15, 2023
Inside Review: Willem Dafoe For Art’s SakeWillem Dafoe is superb as an art thief descending into madness in the new thriller from director Vasilis Katsoupis, Inside.
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