animation When Marnie Was There 23 Feb 2021Feb 23, 2021 "You're my precious secret" ★★★★ Studio Ghibli's 2014 anime drama When Marnie Was There (Japanese: 思い出のマーニー, Marnie of [my] Memories) was the production company's last project before its six-year hiatus,…
action U-571 1 Feb 2021Feb 6, 2021 "Either you succeed in sinking that ship, or you see to it that none of us survive to be captured" ★★★★ Jonathan Mostow's film U-571 (2000) exists in the liminal…
thriller Escape from Pretoria 29 Jan 2021Feb 6, 2021 "Freedom is a very simple idea, which is perhaps why it can be so easily lost" ★★★★★ Francis Annan's Australian thriller Escape from Pretoria (2020) is based on the real-life…
comedy The Unknown Saint 14 Dec 2020Dec 21, 2020 "No one can steal from the Saint" ★★★★ Moroccan director Alaa Edine Aljem’s debut film The Unknown Saint (French: Le miracle du saint inconnu, 2019) builds on the holiness of black…
romance Rafiki 11 Dec 2020Feb 1, 2021 "I wish this was real" ★★★★ Wanuri Kahiu's 2018 romance Rafiki (Swahili for 'friend') was banned in its native Kenya. As the director stated in an interview with TIFF, this…
comedy The Favourite 4 Dec 2020Feb 1, 2021 "We'll make a killer of you yet" ★★★★ Yorgos Lanthimos' dark comedy The Favourite (2018) hones in on one of history's most intricate power plays - one that took place…
drama Taste of Cherry 27 Sep 2020Dec 21, 2020 "When you're unhappy, you hurt other people, too" ★★★★ Iranian films do not necessarily get the attention they deserve, unless they are featured in renowned international award competitions. Perhaps this…
drama Arctic 9 Sep 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Don't worry, they'll be here tomorrow - or the day after tomorrow - don't worry" ★★★★ It's no surprise that when discussing Joe Penna's Icelandic survival drama Arctic (2018) with…
sci-fi Multiplicity 21 Jul 2020Dec 21, 2020 "I trust him like I trust myself" ★★★★ Harold Ramis' (Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day) American sci-fi comedy Multiplicity (1996) takes the workaholic father trope and makes it do somersaults, spinning an…
comedy Ordinary Happiness 13 Jul 2020Dec 21, 2020 "Saturday night women, who stand out on Sunday mornings" ★★★★ The essence of Danielle Luchetti's Italian comedy Ordinary Happiness (2019) is enclosed in the film's original title, Momenti di Trascurabile…
Series Crashing 19 Jun 2020Dec 21, 2020 "I sometimes look up lesbian porn" ★★ With Fleabag (2016 - 2019) and Killing Eve (2018 - present) hailed as two of the wittiest shows on our TVs, it's unlikely…
