By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The second feature by Brady Corbet, Vox Lux focuses on the anatomy of a modern pop star whose life has been impacted by violence. The first half shows us our protagonist Celeste as a teenager (Raffey Cassidy) who survives a school shooting, and finds fame as a pop… Read More #TIFF18 Review: Vox Lux
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) TIFF decided to embrace streaming services by choosing the Netflix-produced Outlaw King to officially open the festival last night, and even though I still have some reservations about the predominantly non-theatrical distribution model used by the company – which notably got them blacklisted from Cannes this year –… Read More #TIFF18 Review: Outlaw King
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Lou (Michaela Kurimsky) and Chantal (Karena Evans) are best friends who are both trapped in the small Ontario town where they grew up, and they are trying to save up enough money so that they can hitch a ride to New York. But their plans to escape are… Read More #TIFF18 Review: Firecrackers
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Adapted from Lee-Anne Poole’s stage play, Splinters follows Belle (Sofia Benzhaf), a young woman who returns to Nova Scotia for her father’s funeral, forcing her to finally confront her overbearing mother (Shelley Thompson), who became distant after she came out as a teenager. But this time Belle has… Read More #TIFF18 Review: Splinters
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest short film directed by Zack Russell and starring Kayla Lorette – who previously collaborated on the fascinating She Stoops to Conquer which played at the festival in 2015 – 7A takes place in a single location and involves a young woman (Lorette) who is alone in… Read More #TIFF18 Review: 7A
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) When the four old friends Diane (Diane Keaton), Vivian (Jane Fonda), Sharon (Candice Bergen) and Carol (Mary Steenburgen) decide to read Fifty Shades of Grey for their monthly book club, the text inspires them to reinvigorate their own love lives by finding new relationships or spicing up their… Read More Blu-ray Review: Book Club
