Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It’s what’s on the inside that counts. Beauty is only skin deep. We’ve all had these ideological platitudes ingrained in us from the moment we can speak. Everyone agrees that we shouldn’t judge a person’s value based on their attractiveness — good looks have nothing to do …
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As the 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival wraps, it’s fair to say it’s been another stellar year for festivalgoers. This year’s TIFF slate featured a whopping 278 films. Nobody can watch all 278 titles in 11 days, but that won’t stop me from screening films from sunup to well past midnight. Here’s …
TIFF 2023 has come to a close, and it was another eventful year for festivalgoers. This year’s festival may have lacked the abundance of A-list talent of past years, but TIFF’s slate of films still delivered. Eleven days isn’t nearly enough time to take in all the must-see screenings the festival offers. Several titles …
TIFF 2022 REVIEW Seventeen-year-old movie snob Lawrence Kweller eats, breathes, and dreams about films. He’s in his final year of high school and plans to attend NYU’s prestigious film program. But here’s the catch: Lawrence lacks the technical and social skills to cut it at film school. But these little details won’t stop a world-class …
The 46th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2021) may have wrapped Saturday night, but the party didn’t stop. The team of cinephiles over at That Shelf assembled Wednesday evening for a much-needed debrief to dish on our festival favourites. With over a hundred virtual and in-person movies screening at TIFF 2021, nobody was …
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Dug Dug Quicktake: A Funny, Stylish, & Unapologetic Social Satire Let it be said, Dug Dug director Ritwik Pareek puts the motion in motion pictures. Pareek delivers an irreverent look at religious worship wrapped up in a mouth-watering buffet of sights and sounds. This stylish TIFF 2021 delight works as a subversive social commentary and …
