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Olivia Popp


231 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 13/06/2025.

Review: Seven Days

Review: Seven Days

Directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi, this Mohammad Rasoulof-penned film tells of the true-to-life sacrifices that Iranian women human rights leaders make as both mothers and activists  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: They Will Be Dust

Review: They Will Be Dust

Spanish filmmaker Carlos Marques-Marcet's newest feature is a formally inventive exploration of perceptions of death, punctuated by music and modern dance sequences  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

Tallulah H Schwab, Crispin Glover • Director of and actor in Mr. K

Interview: Tallulah H Schwab, Crispin Glover • Director of and actor in Mr. K

“What is very important about the story is that it tells us about how people try to control and understand the world”

The director and star converse about their film and their mutual desire to let the audience interpret it for themselves  

16/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

Review: The Assessment

Review: The Assessment

Featuring a standout Alicia Vikander, Fleur Fortuné’s debut film is a brash, sadomasochistic meal that’s as deliciously messy as it is transfixing  

12/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Special Presentations

Review: Gülizar

Review: Gülizar

Belkıs Bayrak's feature debut as a writer-director is a solemn character study that pays powerful tribute to honouring women’s choices after trauma  

12/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

Review: Conclave

Review: Conclave

Via a faithful adaptation of Robert Harris's 2016 novel, Edward Berger entangles himself in papal politicking in this fun but narratively very soapy thriller  

11/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Special Presentations

Review: Mr. K

Review: Mr. K

Tallulah H Schwab pens and directs an offbeat, surrealist drama about a travelling magician stuck in a hotel, with allegorical meaning to spare  

10/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Platform

Review: Shepherds

Review: Shepherds

Canadian filmmaker Sophie Deraspe’s latest work adapts Mathyas Lefebure’s pastoral life story about leaving everything behind to become a shepherd in Provence  

10/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Special Presentations

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

The Agbajowo Collective signs a meaningful, grassroots-orientated debut film informed by the ongoing evictions of informal settlements in Africa’s largest city  

10/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Centrepiece

Review: The Quiet Ones

Review: The Quiet Ones

Danish director Frederik Louis Hviid makes his solo feature debut with an action-packed crime-thriller that doesn’t quite live up to its potential  

09/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | Discovery

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