Eternals

Eternals

A race of immortal cosmic beings reunites to save the Earth in Eternals. In 5000 BC, the Eternals consisting of Sersi (Gemma Chan), Ikaris (Richard Madden), Thena (Angelina Jolie), Ajak (Salma Hayek), Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani), Sprite (Lia McHugh), Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), Makkari (Lauren Ridloff), Druig (Barry Keoghan), and Gilgamesh (Don Lee) were sent to…

Halloween Kills

Halloween Kills

The people of Haddonfield stand up against the continued threat of Michael Myers in Halloween Kills. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has left The Shape (James Jude Courtney) for dead in the burning remains of her compound and escapes with her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak). However, Michael Myers survives the…

flee

Flee – TIFF21

A refugee tells his story about how he fled Afghanistan and ended up in Denmark in Flee. Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen interviews his friend Amin Nawabi about his life growing up in Afghanistan and how he had to flee with his family to escape the growing war and turmoil. Ending up in Russia, Amil…

Daddy

Daddy

A former anthropologist reflects on his life as a stay at home father in Daddy. Brendan Cooney is a former anthropologist and journalist, who moved to Copenhagen after meeting and marrying his wife Ida. Unable to find a job due to the inability to speak Danish, Brendan settles for a life a stay-at-home father to his…

Judy

Judy

The story of Judy Garland in the twilight of her career is told in Judy. Three decades after her breakthrough role in The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) is suffering from depression and substance abuse and is on the verge of losing custody of her two youngest kids to her ex-husband Sidney Luft…

Velvet Buzzsaw

Velvet Buzzsaw

A high end Los Angeles art gallery exhibits works of art that turn out to be haunted by a vengeful spirit in Velvet Buzzsaw. Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo) is a former punk rocker, who now runs one of the most high end art galleries in Los Angeles, with her always respecting the opinion of art critic…

Monsoon

Monsoon

From filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson (Force of Nature) comes this meditation on the torrential rains of India.  Beginning around June of every year, the annual monsoons decent upon India.  This incomparably vast weather system affects the country in multiple different ways, including being India’s primary source of water for drinking and farming.  Over the course of…

To Be Takei

To Be Takei

George Takei is best known to fans for his role as Hikaru Sulu on the television series Star Trek.  Takei came out as homosexual in 2005 and has since become known as a gay rights activist, as well having a bit of a career renaissance through social media.  To Be Takei covers Takei’s entire career,…

Patch Town

Patch Town

The comedic musical fantasy Patch Town focuses on a lonely man named Jon (Rob Ramsay), who slaves away in a factory harvesting kids from cabbages, who are frozen as dolls and sold to kids around the world.  The factory is run under the watchful eye of the “Child Catcher” Yuri (Julian Richings), whose toymaker of…

Behind the Candelabra

Behind the Candelabra

Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra is notable for two things.  First, the film has been heavily hyped as being Soderbergh’s final film as a director.  It remains to be seen whether this truly will be his final film or if Soderbergh will merely end up taking a sabbatical for a few years.  The…