TIFF 2025: ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Review
September 21, 2025
“What I like about If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is its commitment to the truly shitty.”
TIFF 2025: ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review
September 16, 2025
“The greatest service The Testament of Ann Lee does for its protagonist is to represent her as neither true deity or religious fanatic.”
TIFF 2025: ‘Maddie’s Secret’ Review
September 14, 2025
“Maddie’s Secret, is a John Waters melodrama, if those Waters’ serrated edges were draped in soft gauze.”
TIFF 2025: ‘Mile End Kicks’ Review
September 9, 2025
“Mile End Kicks is an indie sleaze period piece. Set in 2011, Grace goes to parties in tights, miniskirts, and red wedge Toms.”
TIFF 2025: ‘Canceled: The Paula Deen Story’ Review
September 9, 2025
“Deen, in this cobbled-together justification, hits many spots on Racist White Lady Bingo.”
‘Weapons’ Review
August 26, 2025
“An image meant to imbue a sense of comfort and security — a nice house in the quiet suburbs — feels like it could instead host something foul.”
‘Together’ Review
July 30, 2025
“Together skirts close to a one-to-one allegory regarding the fear of being swallowed up into a village-less nuclear family.”
’28 Years Later’ Review
July 2, 2025
“With their return, Boyle and Garland make the most out of the larger canvas the years away gave them to work with.”
‘Friendship’ Review
June 20, 2025
“On a premise level, Friendship is functionally a romantic comedy.”
‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review
May 12, 2025
“What’s most interesting and enjoyable to me about The Ugly Stepsister sits beyond the Cinderella-parody and allegorical reflections on Ozempic and rhinoplasties.”