Articles by Sara Clements

'Nocturne' Makes Classic Music Seem Downright Devilish
Directed by Zu Quirke
PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2020
The Italian composer Giuseppe Tartini allegedly once said that he dreamed the devil had appeared to him sitting on the end of his bed. The...
EIFF Review: 'How to Be a Good Wife' Turns Outdated Gender Stereotypes into a Feel-Good Parody
Directed by Martin Provost
PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2020
Martin Provost's How to Be a Good Wife is a film that embodies "Vive la révolution!" It's not an unfamiliar premise in its critiques gender...
'Eternal Beauty' Proves Normal Is Boring in Its Story of Mental Illness
Directed by Craig Roberts
PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2020
Before sitting down to watch Eternal Beauty, it felt like I hadn't seen Sally Hawkins since her Oscar-nominated turn in The Shape of Water....
The Best (and Worst) Films We Saw at TIFF 2020
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2020
The Toronto International Film Festival normally takes over the city with Hollywood premieres, celebrity sightings and massive crowds of fi...
'Summerland' Is the Feel-Good Movie We Need Right Now
Directed by Jessica Swale
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2020
It's the 1970s. An elderly woman sits at her desk, clacking away on her typewriter. She's a reclusive writer, like many in history, and thi...
Netflix's 'Hollywood' Exposes the Darkness of Tinseltown's Golden Age
PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2020
In 1932, at the age of 24, actress Peg Entwistle climbed a workman's ladder to the top of the Hollywood sign and jumped to her death. This...
'To the Stars' Makes Us Yearn for Better Modern Queer Films
Directed by Martha Stephens
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2020
Lesbian narratives have had a strong few years – you could even say a strong decade. While they still pale in comparison to films that focu...
'Endings, Beginnings' Is Like a Humourless Episode of 'The Bachelorette'
Directed by Drake Doremus
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2020
Jamie Dornan or Sebastian Stan? This is the difficult choice Shailene Woodley must make in Drake Doremus's Endings, Beginnings. Or, the que...