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Tag: TIFF 2021

TIFF 2021 Review: Dashcam

Written by Taylor Baker 85/100 Dashcam begins inordinately and unceremoniously with Annie starting her #1 Stream. It seems like a fairly ordinary and reductive punching down interpretation of contemporary politics in the West. We get moments of her yapping at … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases, Taylor Baker Leave a comment December 19, 2021December 19, 2021

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: I’m Your Man

Written by Anna Harrison 70/100 German director Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man joins the endless ranks of movies grappling with artificial intelligence that have populated the cinematic landscape for decades, though this time it’s a romcom focusing on the connection … Continue reading.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Capsule Review: Shark

Written by Alexander Reams 63/100 Ever since Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, no one has looked at a body of water the same. That impending fear in the back of our minds that at any moment a shark can come and eat … Continue reading.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: The Guilty (2021)

Written by Taylor Baker 48/100 Before talking about Antoine Fuqua's The Guilty one has to mention the Danish film on which it's based. Gustav Möller's Den skyldige which translates to The Guilty, was submitted by Denmark for their Foreign Language … Continue reading.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: Julia

Written by Maria Athayde 60/100  Julia directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West, who were nominated for best documentary feature for RBG in 2019, chronicles the life of American icon and chef Julia Child. Much like RBG this is an … Continue reading.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: Drunken Birds

Written by Anna Harrison 60/100 Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds is many things. It’s a love story about a man named Willy (Jorge Antonio Guerrero of Roma) and a woman named Marlena (Yoshira Escárrega), who is the girlfriend of Willy’s cartel … Continue reading.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: The Starling

Written by Taylor Baker 10/100 Theodore Melfi's long awaited feature film follow up to 2016's Hidden Figures is a an schlocky melodrama with paper thin characters and paper thin ideas. Melfi reteams with Melissa McCarthy who plays Lilly Maynard. A … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, Netflix, New Releases, Taylor Baker Leave a comment September 24, 2021September 24, 2021

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: Jagged

Written by Maria Athayde *No Rating/100 How do you review or critique a documentary that has been publicly disavowed by its main subject? This was my biggest challenge when it comes to this review. As soon as I finished watching … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Documentary, Film Festival, Maria Athayde, New Releases Leave a comment September 24, 2021September 22, 2021

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: Ahed’s Knee

Written by Alexander Reams 86/100 A film that oftentimes wants to forget its heritage. Nadav Lapid’s sophomore effort Ahed’s Knee (also one of the stranger titles of a film in 2021), is possibly the most 2021 a 2021 film can … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Alexander Reams, Film Festival, New Releases 1 Comment September 20, 2021September 17, 2021

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: Montana Story

Written by Patrick Hao 63/100 In just a short time, Haley Lu Richardson has become one of the most dynamic actresses in American cinema. She has an ability to adapt into whatever locale she is placed in, whether it is … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases, Patrick Hao Leave a comment September 19, 2021September 16, 2021

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