Victor Stiff

Senior Critic
Victor Stiff is a Toronto-based entertainment journalist and member of the Toronto Film Critics Association. He is the News Editor and Senior Critic at ThatShelf.com and host of UFO Movie Club on YouTube. Victor has contributed to the Canadian Academy, POV Magazine, Global News, The Playlist, Screen Rant, We Got This Covered, In the Seats, and Sordid Cinema. Victor received the TFCA’s 2019 Emerging Critic award and served as a jury member at the 49th Festival du nouveau cinéma. He’s currently a programmer for the Rendezvous With Madness Festival.


Articles by Victor Stiff:


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    February 10, 2020

    Sundance 2020: Zola Review

    Zola is the cinematic adaptation of a viral Twitter thread about a stripper who takes a surreal road trip to Florida.

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    February 10, 2020

    Sundance 2020 Review: Kajillionaire

    In Kajillionaire, a young woman’s life goes off the rails when her con artist parents invite an outsider to take part in their scams.

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    February 8, 2020

    Sundance 2020: Scare Me Review

    Josh Ruben’s horror-comedy, Scare Me, follows two people stuck in a cabin during a power outage as they pass the time by spooking each other out.

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    February 7, 2020

    Sundance 2020: Wendy Review

    Wendy, from Beasts of the Southern Wilds director Benh Zeitlin, is a modern-day reimagining of J. M. Barrie’s classic fantasy tale, Peter Pan.

  • us-kids-feature-image
    February 6, 2020

    Sundance 2020: Us Kids Review

    Us Kids follows the Parkland survivors as they fight for gun reform after a mass shooting at their school kills 17 people.

  • February 6, 2020

    Sundance 2020: Rebuilding Paradise Review

    Ron Howard’s documentary Rebuilding Paradise profiles the most devastating wildfire in California’s history and its impact on the fire-ravaged town of Paradise.

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    February 1, 2020

    Sundance 2020: Impetigore Review

    Impetigore follows a young woman who returns to her dead parents’ village hoping to inherit property, only to be confronted with her family’s dark past.

  • Miss -Juneteenth
    January 25, 2020

    Sundance 2020: Miss Juneteenth Review

    Miss Juneteenth follows a struggling mother who enters her fourteen-year-old daughter in the same beauty pageant that she won as a teenager.

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    January 24, 2020

    Sundance 2020: Bad Hair Review

    Justin Simien’s satirical horror-comedy Bad Hair gleefully interrogates America’s oppressive beauty standards.