More like the imperfect start of the conversation around grooming and the sexual exploitation of teens than the end of it.…
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This is a complex depiction of the immense and impossible stakes of reckoning with sexual violence and trauma.…
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Workplace gags and artistic egos make it thoroughly watchable.…
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Deeply unconventional and weird like its titular character, this parody biopic is true to the spirit of the famous parody performer.…
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'The Banshees of Inisherin' (seen at TIFF 2022) mines great comedy from its contained story and tiny-island setting, meditating on accepting the discontent in life. …
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Looking back on the show’s first season as we are now deep into an era of endless shoveling of trite nostalgia and meaningless revivals.…
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This is a powerful documentary about Nan Goldin’s life and work against the Sackler family and their role in the opioid epidemic.…
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Spielberg’s latest sits in those split-second slices of (either painful or glorious) humanity in childhood that define you.…
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‘Wendell & Wild’ is a vibrant, compelling watch offering so much of what has recently been desperately called for regarding children’s stories and cinema.…
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Movies are a way of life in this Toronto filmmaker's own movie.…
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