Articles by Sara Clements

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  TIFF Review: 'Maria Chapdelaine' Re-Introduces a Canadian Classic

  Directed by Sébastien Pilote

  PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2021

  When you think of classic Canadian novels, Anne of Green Gables is sure to come to mind first as its many adaptations from stage to screen...

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  TIFF Review: 'Medusa' Sets Its Gaze Upon Modern Standards of Perfection

  Directed by Anita Rocha da Silveira

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2021

  We all know the name Medusa: a being of Greek mythology with venomous snakes in place of hair and whose gaze turns men to stone. Some schol...

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  TIFF Review: 'As in Heaven' Is a Gripping Meditation on the Fragility of Life

  Directed by Tea Lindeburg

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2021

  Danish author Marie Bregendahl was known for leaning into the grotesque. Chronicling the day-to-day life of Danish farmers in the 19th cent...

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  'Summer of 85' Portrays Death with Empathy

  Directed by François Ozon

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2021

  Summer of 85 is a film about the death of a young gay man, and yet it doesn't come close to perpetuating stereotypes or falling into tropes...

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  Inside Out Review: 'Sweetheart' Makes Teen Angst and First Love Feel Fresh

  Directed by Marley Morrison

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2021

  "Sometimes I have no idea who I am." No other sentence encapsulates the teenage experience quite like that one. In Sweetheart, April (a.k.a...

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  Inside Out Review: 'Ma Belle, My Beauty' Is a Much-Needed Vacation

  Directed by Marion Hill

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2021

  Most of us can agree that one of the things we need most right now is a vacation. Wining and dining in the French countryside seems like th...

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  Inside Out Review: 'My First Summer' Captures the Confusion and Sweetness of First Love

  Directed by Katie Found

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2021

  For most, the colour yellow signifies happiness, warmth and optimism. But in Katie Found's feature debut, My First Summer, the colour yello...

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  Inside Out Review: 'Moffie' Shows the Power of Gay Resilience

  Directed by Oliver Hermanus

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2021

  Born in South Africa under apartheid, director Oliver Hermanus never gave much thought to the hardships of white South Africans. In his min...