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Love of Your Life: TIFF 2026 Review

Margaret Qualley delivers a standout performance in Love of Your Life, while Rachel Morrison turns a deceptively simple romance into a thoughtful exploration of grief, guilt and love.

Honeyjoon Review: WIFF 2025

Two women, each experiencing grief and life in their own way, come together in the mother-daughter drama Honeyjoon, a quietly powerful exploration of grief, family, and the small moments that connect us.

The Man In My Basement Review: TIFF 2025

More unsettling drama than traditional thriller, The Man In My Basement pairs Willem Dafoe and Corey Hawkins in a tense, philosophical story of race, power, and morality, marking a confident feature debut for Nadia Latif.

Plastic People Review

While the environmental damage caused by plastic is widely accepted, the Canadian documentary Plastic People looks closely at the cost to human health.

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl: TIFF 2024 Review

A masterful exploration of the secrets that eat away at a family like termites devouring wood, Nyoni creates a mosaic of emotions that is at times amusing, claustrophobic, and utterly heartbreaking. A brilliant work on every level, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is one of the year’s best works.