2022? TIFF YOU! (final) (Patreon)

In addition to firing off angry film critiques to the editor of your favo(u)rite Canadian magazine, I'm also doing a few longer pieces for InReview Online. Here come those links!

Dry Ground Burning (Adirley Quierós and Joana Pimenta, Wavelengths)

"Think about it: in Europe and North America, activism is destroying pipelines in order to prevent the production of fossil fuels. But in Sol Nascente, activism (and survival) takes the form of counter-labor, seizing the means of production away from the ruling class." [full review here]

Concrete Valley (Antoine Bourges, Wavelengths)

"The family’s interactions with the larger world are often complicated by the fact that they are still trying to master the English language and Canadian cultural norms. But the more pressing issue is the simmering resentment between Farah and Rashid. Her job creates scheduling problems, they spend less and less time together, and neither of them is satisfied with their overall situation." [full review here]

Viking (Stéphane Lafleur, Platform)

"By creating a fictional scenario in which individuals are trapped inside a simulacrum of reality, Lefleur avoids the ethical dilemmas that have made Fielder’s show such a hot topic within the mediasphere. If Viking is not as dangerous as The Rehearsal, it does what only art can do: provide a closed framework for philosophical investigation within an environment of relative safety." [full review here]

Subtraction (Mani Haghighi, Platform)

"She hops out and follows him to a strange apartment, and with the help of her father-in-law (Haghighi regular Ali Bagheri), investigates. He goes up to the apartment and comes back down to Farzaneh, having seen something so horrific that he’s rendered almost speechless." [full review here]

Unrest (Cyril Schäublin, Wavelengths)

"This observer is anarchist theorist Pyotr Kropotkin (Alexei Evstratov), who is using his identity as a cartographer to “watch the watchmen,” seeing how the principles of anarchism might take hold in this community were it not for the deceptive evenhandedness of the factory’s director (Valentin Merz) and the calm, friendly gendarme (Laurent Ferrero) who issues his diktats in the form of pleasant suggestions." [full review here]