Woodford on Film
Essays, reviews, interviews, and all things film and photography.
Category: Essays
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It seems like it would be impossible to make a film about a romance between musicians that would be utterly devoid of passion, but The History of Sound proves it can be done. For a film that wants you to believe that Lionel’s (Paul Mescal) relationship with David (Josh O’Connor) was the defining point of…
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Jason Anderson is a film programmer and critic from Toronto, Ontario. He programs for TIFF, Aspen Shortsfest, and the Kingston Canadian Film Festival, and has written for outlets like Sight and Sound. He is also a sessional lecturer at the University of Toronto where he teaches critical writing on film. In this interview, I wanted…
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10/10 I tried my best to ignore everyone on film twitter praising this movie so I could go in with a clean slate and not be disappointed in case it was mediocre, and boy was I wrong. This movie is a gem and I certainly am not the first or last person to believe that,…
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This review contains spoilers. 7.5/10 “There’s one winner, and no finish line.” barks The General before marking the start of the Long Walk. By the end of the film, all the the young boys we have met in the opening scenes will be dead, save for the victor. In a dystopian post-war version of America,…
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9.5/10 When I went into this film, I wasn’t expecting to see one of the darkest fiction films I have seen in a while. If I had Legs, tells the story of a mother whose life is both literally and figuratively falling apart as she struggles her job as a psychologist, taking care of her…
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7.5/10 I feel like its a sacrilege against Toronto for me to say that I wasn’t a huge fan of this film. Not that I think the film is bad (it isn’t), just to say that I think the reviews hailing Johnson and McCarroll as the Chaplins of Torontoian comedy is a bit generous. To…
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7/10 The first hour of this film was genuinely one of my favourite theatre experiences in the last few months. The visuals were eyecatching, the dialogue was witty and hilarious, and while the sound mixing was slightly off, I felt that I was in for a great viewing experience. However, by the second hour of…
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