The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson

A family clashes over the fate of an heirloom piano in The Piano Lesson. On July 4, 1911, three brothers stole a piano from their former enslavers, though one of them, Boy Charles (Stephan James), died in a consequential fire. 25 years later, Boy Charles’ son Boy Willie (John David Washington) arrives with his friend…

Presence – TIFF 2024

Presence – TIFF 2024

The haunting of a family is shown from the point-of-view of the ghost in Presence. After an unknown presence silently moves through the rooms of an empty house, realtor Cece (Julia Fox) arrives to show the house to Rebekah (Lucy Liu), her husband Chris (Chris Sullivan) and their kids, Tyler (Eddy Maday) and Chloe (Callina Liang)….

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Seagrass – TIFF 2023

A Japanese-Canadian woman’s relationship with her family is forever changed while at an island self-development retreat in Seagrass. Judith (Ally Maki) travels with her husband Steve (Luke Roberts) and children Stephanie (Nyha Huang Breitkreuz) and Emmy (Remy Marthaller) to a self-development retreat on a remote island in the Pacific. While attending group therapy sessions on…

TIFF 2023 Review Mademoiselle Kenopsia

Mademoiselle Kenopsia – TIFF 2023

A lone woman watches over large empty spaces in Mademoiselle Kenopsia. Mademoiselle Kenopsia (Larissa Corriveau) occupies a sliver of space in a large unknown building, occasionally taking phone calls from her distant supervisor. She is mostly alone, except for random encounters such as a mysterious woman (Evelyne de la Chenelière) monologuing about cigarettes or an…

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The Green Knight

The 14th-century Arthurian poem is adapted for the big screening with The Green Knight. Sir Gawain (Dev Patel) is an aspiring knight and the nephew of King Arthur (Sean Harris), who is often found drunk in a brothel with his lover Essel (Alicia Vikander), reprimanded for doing so by his mother (Sarita Choudhury). Gawain joins the…