A couple reaches a rut in their marriage in The End of Sex and experiments with their relationship while their kids attend winter camp. It’s a safe assumption that Josh (Jonas Chernick) and Emma (Emily Hampshire) are not alone with their feelings. At the same time, many couples probably wouldn’t go to the lengths that they do. I mean, people might fantasize about a threesome but would they really go through with it, right? Anyway,…
"The End of Sex – Toronto 2022"Tag: Toronto International Film Festival
Writer-director Luis De Filippis marks her feature directorial debut with a different kind of trans-led film, Something You Said Last Night. The film marks the on-screen debut for Carmen Madonia. She worked with an acting coach for a year and a half heading into production. Her work paid off because you could never tell that this was her first feature role. The mid-twentysomething Ren (Carmen Madonia) joins her family on vacation to a beach resort…
"Something You Said Last Night – Toronto 2022"
Butcher’s Crossing is a low-key Western that follows a Harvard University dropout as he seeks a new adventure hunting buffalo. Will Andrews (Fred Hechinger) is probably the last person you would expect to find hunting buffalo. But sure enough, he’s dropped out of college and looking for a new adventure to take on. A trip west to Kansas in 1874 sees him run into Miller (Nicolas Cage) and join his team of buffalo hunters, for…
"Butcher’s Crossing – Toronto 2022"
Chandler Levack’s feature directorial debut, I Like Movies, is a beautifully made coming-of-age video store dramedy set in 2002-03. Remember video stores? You know, the place where you went before the likes of Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, etc. I feel old by referring to this film as a period piece but it certainly is. I Like Movies is a film that is made by a cinephile for cinephiles. It isn’t just the care that writer/director…
"I Like Movies – Toronto 2022"
A reluctant aunt has no choice but to take in her orphaned Indigenous niece in ROSIE, a moving tale set during Montréal in the 1980s. Frédérique (Mélanie Bray), aka Fred, takes in Rosie (Keris Hope Hill) after the death of her adoptive sister. This film is set in 1984 but it also speaks to a broken system. Fred is in no position to take in a child. She has no job and is on the…
"ROSIE- Toronto 2022"
Filmmaker Sophie Kargman’s Susie Searches is an expansion of her 2020 short film and the comic thriller is a solid feature debut. I love a good thriller but there’s something about Susie Searches that makes it stand apart from other films. At first glance, this looks like a regular ol’ whodunit. But as we dive in and learn more, it becomes something completely different. You see, most films, let alone TV series, would not do…
"Susie Searches – Toronto 2022"
Patrick and the Whale features stunning cinematography as Patrick Dykstra takes us under the seas to explore these majestic creatures. Filming underwater is no easy feat. Add animals into the mix and there’s no telling what you’ll get. This is what blows me away in watching a film like Patrick and the Whale. You’re just sitting there and taking in all this beautiful footage. Even though the film runs just over an hour, all you…
"Patrick and the Whale – Toronto 2022"
The Inspection is not easy to watch but this is a cathartic piece of filmmaking for filmmaker Elegance Bratton by sharing his story. Elegance Bratton’s narrative debut takes viewers back in time to 2005. A time when military policy dictated “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Say what you will about how homophobic the policy was but it’s either join the military or live on the streets when one is kicked out of their home for being…
"The Inspection – Toronto 2022"
Film journalist/filmmaker Chandler Levack spoke with Solzy at the Movies about premiering I Like Movies during TIFF in September. Levack is no stranger to TIFF, having previously premiered short film We Forgot To Break Up in 2017. She’s attended the festival many times before, most recently in her capacity as member of the TIFF press corps. This time around, Levack is coming to TIFF with her feature directorial debut and it’s absolutely beautiful. I Like…
"Chandler Levack talks I Like Movies – Toronto 2022"
Romina D’Ugo spoke with Solzy at the Movies about starring in Chandler Levack’s I Like Movies and leading a film selected for TIFF. I Like Movies premieres September 9 at the Scotiabank in Toronto. Congrats on Toronto! Romina D’Ugo: Man, thank you. Crazy! What was it about the script that drew you to the role? Romina D’Ugo: When I first was asked to audition for the film, I was only given one scene. I was…
"Romina D’Ugo talks I Like Movies – Toronto 2022"