Articles by Rachel Ho
The Best and Worst Films We Saw at TIFF 2024
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2024
After a couple of pandemic years and last year's Hollywood strike, 2024 was the first year in a while when the Toronto International...
TIFF 2024: 'Relay' Drops the Baton Between Plot Twists
Directed by David Mackenzie
PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024
'Relay' begins on a high note and rides that wave for at least a third of its runtime. Unfortunately any goodwill accumulated becomes ...
TIFF 2024: ‘Conclave’ Explores the Modernity of a Middle Age Practice
Directed by Edward Berger
PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024
The idea of the papal conclave began in the late 1200s following Pope Gregory X's decree in an attempt to shield the process of selecting a...
TIFF 2024: ‘Bring Them Down’ Will Bring You Down — in the Best Way
Directed by Christopher Andrews
PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024
Some people go to the movies to be whisked away by romance, others for laughter, many for an adrenaline rush. Me though, I like having my...
TIFF 2024: 'Emilia Pérez' Wows TIFF with Fresh, Vibrant Performances
Directed by Jacques Audiard
PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2024
Musical crime comedy 'Emilia Pérez' began to make waves after the film won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and its female...
TIFF 2024: 'The Mother and the Bear' Warms a Winnipeg Winter
Directed by Johnny Ma
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024
On a cold Winnipeg evening, a rustling behind a dumpster in an alleyway startles a young woman, Sumi (Leere Park), who slips and falls on...
TIFF 2024: 'Rumours' Brings a Uniquely Canadian Sensibility to Political Satire
Directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024
Canadian humour exists on a unique plane from the rest of the world. It's a type of comedy that's hard to describe — not quite British, not...
TIFF 2024: 'Young Werther' Puts a Fresh Toronto Twist on a Classic
Directed by José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024
Based on the 1774 novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Young Werther' follows the time-honoured tradition of...
