Author: Caitlin Abe Gokool
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Dìdi (弟弟)
If a movie is advertised as having anything to do with “coming-of-age”, you can bet I will be in the theatre to watch within the first week. The latest film to join this group is Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟), a self reflective film focussed on portraying, through honest representation and full commitment to the time…
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My Old Ass [Inside Out Film Festival]
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Despite its name, Megan Park’s unapologetically Canadian film My Old Ass is a heartwarming, delightful coming-of-age film, completely in tune with gen-z and all the anxieties that come along with it. Star Maisy Stella of Nashville (2012-2018) is brilliant as the down-to-earth, sarcastic Elliott, supported by Aubrey Plaza and a wonderfully fun cast, making this…
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Twisters
On the same weekend this year that Barbie (2023) hit theatres last year, the summer blockbuster of 2024 brought summer crowds to theatres and is finally here. In his follow up to his 2020 film Minari, director Lee Isaac Chung brings us Twisters, a sequel (that no one asked for) to its 90’s singularly named…
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Seagrass and the Japanese Canadian Identity
The Japanese Canadian identity is one that carries a lot of historical weight. An identity so faintly discussed in Canadian history classes, often reduced to a mere sentence by history teachers throughout the 5 months of mandatory history lessons in high school. Or, in my case, an identity only discussed because there were two of…
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Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two is a force. More worlds. More psychotic Harkonnens. More sandworms. More Zendaya. Its sheer size and technical achievements are something to be astounded by, not to mention its stellar performances all around from its all-star cast. As director Denis Villeneuve has intended from the start, the film is not a sequel. Rather,…
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Fitting In
To be a woman is to be subjected to the health care system in a man-centric world. A topic remaining scarcely talked about on the big screen, Canadian director Molly McGlynn opens up about her own experience with the reproductive condition MRKH syndrome in her latest feature, Fitting In. Written and directed by McGlynn, the…
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Oscars 2024: My Picks and Reactions
Although awards season (in my opinion) has very much tainted the way a lot of viewers watch films these days, and the fact the Oscars has faced loads of backlash that effectively take away a lot of their integrity as a stage of merit for accolades in the film industry, I still love watching this…
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My Top 20 Films of 2023
I was lucky enough to see 89 of the new 2023 releases before the end of the year. The following ranking is mainly based on how much I enjoyed each film, rather than focusing on technical aspects, but of course, these aspects still did impact my viewing experience and thus each film’s place in the…
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2023, or: The Taking Back of All Things “Girly”
Honestly, it would be wrong to call 2023 anything other than the year of the biopic. From billion dollar cautionary tales about the father of the atomic bomb, to lack-lustre retellings of the lives behind Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and the return of pinball, there was another phenomenon on the rise this past year. If 2022…
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Origin [TIFF 2023]
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Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay brings her latest feature to the big screen with Origin, her unique take on the 2020 nonfiction book by the American journalist Isabel Wilkerson titled Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. While puzzling to many how DuVernay would bring this nonfiction book to the big screen in a narrative format, she once again proves…
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