You can’t pray the gay away. You can lie to yourself into the delusion that you can, but places that promise a “cure” are selling you snake oil for a disease that doesn’t exist. These places are predatory and hypocritical,…
Movie Review: Wetlands
First time director Emanuele Della Valle knocks it out-of-the-park in his feature film debut, Wetlands. The film is neo-noir that delivers on character authenticity and effective storytelling. Set in the doldrums of Atlantic City, the plot revolves around Babel ‘Babs’ Johnson…
Movie Review: A Quiet Passion
In the pantheon of movies about women writers the path veers towards the British: Austen, Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Director Terence Davies gives audiences a new vision of the female writer, both in geography and personality with his Emily Dickinson…
VIFF Review: A Quiet Passion
To read previous VIFF coverage, click here. Terence Davies’ newest film A Quiet Passion is his most talky film, which probably makes it the least characteristic of the acclaimed English director. But considering that every film by the director by this…
Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘A Little Chaos’ Isn’t Always a Good Thing
To say the new period piece A Little Chaos is actually a little chaotic isn’t inaccurate. Unfortunately, though, the irony of how messy and contrived Alan Rickman’s second directorial effort is not a good thing. A Little Chaos follows two talented artists, Sabine…