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FILM REVIEWS: THE CHORAL (UK/USA 2025) **** Directed by Nicholas Hytner A choral society's male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr Guthrie (Academy Award Nominee Ralph Fiennes from CONCLAVE) to recruit teenagers. Together, they...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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Reverend Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time U.S. presidential candidate, has died at 84. A close ally of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson helped shape modern American politics through grassroots organizing, coalition building, and historic...
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- Author: News Editor
- Category: Community
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Two action-packed Chinese movies make their debut this week. FILM REVIEWS: DISCLOSURE DAY (USA 2026) **** Directed by Steven Spielberg DISCLOSURE DAY is a 2026 American science fiction film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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FILM REVIEWS: ANNIVERSARY (USA 2025) ** Directed by Jan Komasa Lionsgate gets serious with three serious productions this month. One is ANNIVERSARY, and the others are the recent KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and GOOD FORTUNE. Lionsgate breaks the mold of...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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FILM REVIEWS: 300 LETTERS (300 Cartas)(Argentina/UK/Germany 2025) *** Directed by Lucas Sanata Ana Who is cuter? Who is more f***d up? Jero (Cristian Mariani) and Tom (Gastón Frías) are the young gay couple that everyone wants to be. On the day of the...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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FILM REVIEWS: 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (UK/USA 2026) *** Directed by Nia DaCosta 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is a close sequel to the previous 28 YEARS LATER that Danny Boyle directed. This latest film, not directed by Boyle but by Mia...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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THE BIG FAKE (Il Falsario)(Italy 2026) *** Directed by Stefano Lodovichi THE FORGER would be a more appropriate title for the new Netflix crime drama opening this week than THE BIG FAKE. Based on true events, with incidents made up, obviously, as he...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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FILM REVIEWS: BLIND LOVE (Taiwan 2025) *** Directed by Julian Chou Married Shu-yi (Ariel Lin) appears to lead an enviable life. Her husband is a rising star on his way to becoming president of a hospital, her younger son is an inquisitive child just...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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new Netflix originals open this week. The excellent TRAIN DREAMS also opens on Netflix aftyer its limited two week theatrical run. FILM REVIEWS; THE CARMAN FAMILY DEATHS Directed by Yon Motskin A fishing trip ends in tragedy when Linda Carman vanishes...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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JINGLE BELL HEIST (USA 2025) ***1/2 Directed by Michael Fimognarit One good thing about CHRISTMAS DAY HESIT is that the film is set in London, the world’s renowned Christmas city. Note that to give a more modern look, there's a shot of the more newly...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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DUST BUNNY(USA 2025) ***½ Directed by Bryan Fuller Like many children, Aurora (Sophie Sloan) fearfully believes a monster lurks beneath her bed. And she has good reason to: her foster parents have been eaten by one. Fortunately, she arrives at a...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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Canada Post has unveiled its 2026 Black History Month stamp set honouring Maestro Fresh Wes, Michie Mee, and Muzion. The release recognizes the artists who have shaped Canada’s hip-hop identity across languages, regions, and generations. On January 27,...
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- Author: Meres J. Weche
- Category: Music
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Berlinale 2025https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/berlinale-2025
Had the privilege of viewing 7 little gems screened at this year's BERLINALE, courtesy of the PR Factory. Capsule Reviews of the 7 films: CHIMNEY TOWN: FROZEN IN TIME (Japan 2026) *** Directed by Yusuke Hirota After losing his friend Poupelle, young...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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FILM REVIEWS: THE BRIDE! (USA 2026) ** Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal This is the second film in recent years that is a re-invention of classic literature. I am not a fan of re-inventions of classics, though one can argue that a lot of work and effort...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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For complete program listing and for more information, checkthe Canfilmfest website at: https://www.canfilmfest.ca/ Capsule Reviews of Select Films: BEST BOY (Canada 2025) ** Directed by Jesse Noah Klein After the death of their tyrannical, abusive...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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FILM REVIEWS: MIROIR No. 3 (Germany 2025) ***½ Directed by Christian Pertzold MIROIR No. 3 is a character study of the subjects on screen and a moody character study at that. Though one can say that nothing much happens in terms of action, there are...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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Canada's Secretary of State for International Development, the Honourable Randeep Sarai, joins Afropolitan Dialogues fresh from the third International Sudan Conference in Berlin, where Canada pledged more than $120 million in humanitarian and...
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- Author: Meres J. Weche
- Category: Commentaries
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LE BUS: LES BLEUS EN GREVE (The Bus: A French Football Mutiny) (France 2026) ***½ Directed by Jérôme Fritel and Christophe Astruc This French documentary revisits the French football team’s controversial 2010 World Cup and the bus strike that sparked...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
