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Veronica Phillips

October 16, 2022

TIFF 2022 ‘Wendell & Wild’ TIFF Review: A Visually Vibrant Fairytale Fantasy

‘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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October 16, 2022

TIFF 2022 ‘I Like Movies’ Review: A Testament to Movie Magic

Movies are a way of life in this Toronto filmmaker's own movie.…

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October 7, 2022

TIFF 2022 ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: An Entertaining Social Satire That Doesn’t Examine What’s Under the Surface

While the class analysis only goes so far on this luxury yacht, ‘Triangle of Sadness’ is still a fun and rollicking ride. …

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October 6, 2022

‘Give Me Pity!’ Review: A Faux Special That is an Experience in Visual Sensation

This fake television special starring “Sissy St. Claire” is a theatrical spectacle with a desperate protagonist.…

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October 5, 2022

‘Don’t Worry Darling’: A Shallow Attempt at Capturing Current Discourse

The film falls into a newly developing and disinteresting (if not downright problematic) trend of “girlboss feminism film.”…

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October 4, 2022

‘Nope’: There is Something Off in Agua Dulce

Veronica Phillips reflects on 'Nope' and its depiction of California life, and the haunting worlds of bland hills and blinding lights.…

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September 27, 2022

Fantasia 2022 ‘Next Door’ Review: A Tightly-Structured, Well-Contained Thriller

‘Next Door’ takes a strong premise and allows it to play out in well-orchestrated tension.…

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September 27, 2022

TIFF 2022 ‘Aftersun’ Review: A Mesmerizing Memory of Father and Daughter 

‘Aftersun’ is an emotional recollection of a Turkish holiday, and how relationships between fathers and children evolve as we, and our memories, age.…

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September 19, 2022

TIFF 2022 ‘My Policeman’ Review: A Sterilized Tragic Tale of Homophobia and Queer Suffering

This is a film not so much made for queer people than for those who feel the only way to empathize with gay people is to cry about how terribly hard it is for them.…

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July 28, 2022

Homelander’s Americana

The major antagonist of The Boys is a terrifying vision of conservative culture and the masks it can hide behind.…

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