TIFF 2018 Review: “Phoenix” (2018) ★★★★
How would we expect a thirteen-year-old girl, who is about to turn fourteen, to react when she finds her loved one dead? What should she do when her estranged father,….
Author: Ulkar Alakbarova
My name is Ulkar Alakbarova. A wonderful name, is it not? I come from the exotic land of Azerbaijan but now I live in the hub of Hollywood North – Toronto, Canada. How lucky I am to be able to enjoy and indulge in my favourite avocation of watching movies. Movies of every genre are screened here in Toronto. There are black and white classics, avant garde, independently produced, and of course, newly released movies for all to enjoy. Let me share this treasure of entertainment with you. Read my thoughts and opinions then let me know if you agree.
TIFF 2018 Review: “Saf” (2018) ★★★★
The refugee concept, their struggle, and even the job they get or lose due to any reason has not been tackled much in movies, which is strange. That was mainly….
TIFF 2018 Review: “Freaks” (2018) ★★★
Watching “Freaks” at the Toronto International Film Festival was a last-minute decision. And I could not be happier for having done that, because surprisingly, directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam….
TIFF 2018 Review: “Styx” (2018) ★★★★
We don’t see movies like “Styx” every day. In fact, the subject matter it touches upon is one the cinematic world tries to avoid at any cost. And if it….
TIFF 2018 Review: “The River” (2018) ★★
Remember Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Dogtooth” that told the story of one strange family and its grownup children with brains of a five year-old child? Well, Emir Baigazin was seemingly inspired by….
TIFF 2018 Review: “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (2018) ★★★★
Melissa McCarthy has always been a talented actress, albeit not one of my favorites. Probably it’s because it’s easy to tell her potential, how great a dramatic actress she can….
TIFF 2018 Review: “Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy” (2018)★★★
I’ve never heard of the JT LeRoy Saga nor what unfolded behind the scenes. Hence, I may not be able to judge whether the dramatizaton of the movie, “Jeremiah Terminataor….
TIFF 2018 Review: “White Boy Rick” (2018) ★★★
If not for movies like “White Boy Rick”, how would we know about police injustice? The system that continues its systematic cover-up of corruption that occurs every single day. Indeed,….
Film Review: “The Wife” (2017) ★★★★★
One of the most popular saying ever is that ‘behind every successful man there is a woman’. And that, in fact, became the complete truth in this compelling, full of….
TIFF 2018 Review: “Red Joan” (2018) ★★★
The world of spies can be extreme, dangerous, poetic and even romantic. Maybe not all of them pursue something that can truly change our world in a better way, the….
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