Oscar 2025: Which Live-Action Short Will Take Home Gold?
As usual the five Oscar-nominated short films were a great mix of stories from around the world, each tackling compelling themes with unique styles. Read on to know which was my favourite and which one will most likely win. The first film, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, takes place in […]
Emilia Pérez: A French Director’s Daring Trans Musical in Spanish
Film Review by Julian Liurette, Toronto, January 28, 2025* I just re-watched Emilia Pérez, the latest film by French director and screenwriter Jacques Audiard, on Netflix—though I first saw it two months ago at the TIFF Lightbox in Toronto. Even then, I knew I had witnessed something unconventional: a musical about a notorious drug cartel […]
Les Misérables, une mise à jour de La Haine, œil pour œil, dent pour dent
Les Misérables, le premier long métrage de Ladj Ly, pourrait être décrit comme une mise-à-jour du film La Haine de Mathieu Kassovitz sorti en 1995. 25 ans plus tard, le film dépeint la banlieue parisienne d’une manière toujours aussi choquante pour ceux qui ne connaissent que les images touristiques célèbres et plus traditionnelles de la […]
Shoplifters, 2018 Palme d’or winner is simple, neutral, not that touching
Shoplifters, a Japanese film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.Seen on March 26, 2019 Impressions before seeing the film I decided to see this film at the last minute for 5 dollars at a local cinema in Toronto. The film won the Palme d’or in May 2018 when Cate Blanchett was the jury president of the Cannes […]