An interview with The Queen of My Dreams director/writer Fawzia Mirza on making her feature directorial debut at TIFF 2023.
TFCA Friday: Week of January 12th, 2018
January 12, 2018
Welcome to TFCA Friday, a weekly round-up of film reviews and articles by TFCA critics.
Reviews and features by: Peter Howell (PH), Liam Lacey (LL), Chris Knight (CK), Gilbert Seah (GS), Jim Slotek (JS), Andrew Parker (AP), and Nathalie Atkinson (NA).
Opening this Week
Aida’s Secrets (dir. Alon and Saul Schwarz)
“Builds with great finesse, piquing interest as much as it can” — GS
The Commuter (dir. Jaume Collet-Serra)
“[Liam Neeson’s] best-before date as an action hero looms” — PH
“Never a dull moment from start to finish“ — GS
“Admittedly silly, implausible, but entertaining” — AP
Happy End (dir. Michael Haneke)
“[Haneke’s] surgical scalpel remains as sharp as ever, even as he carves into familiar flesh” — PH
“More of a career consolidation than a step forward for the 75-year-old director” — LL
“Cleverly [contextualizes] the European migrant crisis” — GS
Mountain (dir. Jennifer Peedom)
Paddington 2 (dir. Paul King)
“Might just be the best bear movie since Winnie the Pooh” — CK
“A total delight” — GS
The Polka King (dir. Maya Forbes)
The Golden Globes: A Post-Mortem
“We shouldn’t have to give up our seat at the table because of bad behaviour that wasn’t ours.” NA on why the Golden Globes protest matters
And as PH puts it, this is a time to rage, not to party
Canadians at Sundance 2018
PH looks at the films debuting in Park City next week