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Tag: Vancouver International Film Festival 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: Official Competition

Written by Taylor Baker 82/100 Co-Directors Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat craft a meta-fictional criticism of art, wealth, and awards. Official Competition begins with José Luis Gómez’s Humberto Suarez, a lavishly wealthy man nearing the end of his life and … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment November 21, 2021November 14, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: Wife of a Spy

Written by Anna Harrison 60/100 Horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy has all the elements of a thrilling period piece: beautiful costumes, state secrets, wartime backdrop, all of it anchored by Yu Aoi as Satoko, whose determination to … Continue reading.

Anna Harrison Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment November 13, 2021November 21, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: Belfast

Written by Taylor Baker 78/100 Belfast-born Kenneth Branagh’s latest film Belfast is a love letter to a time gone by. Like a mid-size jawbreaker, you know what it is from the outset, but there’s no way to speed up the … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment November 8, 2021November 9, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: The Book of Delights (O Livro dos Prazeres)

Written by Maria Athayde 70/100 The Book of Delights co-written and directed by Marcela Lordy is a loose adaptation of Brazilian author Clarice Lispector’s book Uma Aprendizagem ou o Livro dos Prazers. It tells the story of Lóri (Simone Spoladore) … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment November 6, 2021November 5, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: Azor

Written by Maria Athayde 80/100 Azor is a Franco-Argentinian-Swiss co-production co-written and directed by Andreas Fontana marking his feature film debut. From the first shot there is something disorienting about the film. We see a somewhat disoriented man, surrounded by … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment November 2, 2021November 1, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: Bye Bye Morons (Adieu les cons)

Written by Maria Athayde 20/100 Bye Bye Morons written, directed and starring Albert Duponte as Jean-Baptiste Cuchas is one of the weirdest and worst movies I've seen all year. On the surface, it had an interesting premise a woman, Suze … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment October 31, 2021October 28, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: A Tale of Love and Desire

Written by Maria Athayde 50/100 Writer-director Leyla Bouzid's A Tale of Love and Desire follows the story of two college students Ahmed (Sami Outalbali) and Farah (Zbeida Belhajamor) on a journey of lust, love, and self-discovery. The movie picks up … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment October 30, 2021October 25, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: Sinkhole

Written by Alexander Reams 62/100 There is always the calm before the storm. Peace before the war, silence before the rooster begins screaming and wakes me up from my lovely sleep, then the ensuing cursing of the rooster and attempting … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment October 27, 2021October 23, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: Maya

Written by Anna Harrison 70/100 Maya starts as the story of a relationship between a tiger, Maya, and her keeper, Mohsen Teyerani, a taxidermist-cum-zookeeper at the Mashhad Zoo in Iran. Mohsen hand-raised Maya as a cub, and home videos reveal … Continue reading.

Anna Harrison Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment October 26, 2021October 23, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: Sin La Habana

Written by Anna Harrison 45/100 Director Kaveh Nabatian’s Sin La Habana has grand ambitions, much like its protagonist, Leo (Yaneh Acosta), a talented Afro-Cuban ballet dancer who dreams of leaving Cuba to find a better life elsewhere. Together with his … Continue reading.

Anna Harrison Film Festival Leave a comment October 23, 2021October 22, 2021

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