Sarah Kurchak
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Toronto, ON, Canada
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Past articles by Sarah:
The best $500 I ever spent: My autism diagnosis
My rule-following autistic brain wouldn’t allow me to think of myself as really autistic until someone officially diagnosed me as such. → Read More
Film Review: Color Out of Space Is an Over-the-Top Spectacle on Heroin Doses of Camp
Nicolas Cage goes a little too Nicolas Cage for this strange trip. → Read More
Film Review: Just Mercy Finds Hollywood Celebrating Real-Life Heroes for a Change
Jamie Foxx delivers a dynamite performance in this star-studded historical drama. → Read More
TIFF Film Review: With Honey Boy, Shia LaBeouf Paints A Complex Portrait of Trauma and Grief
Documentarian Alma Har’el adds a sense of realism to her narrative debut. → Read More
Film Review: Parasite Is Another Brilliant Portrait of Class Warfare From Bong Joon-ho
It’s a film that demands greater reflection and repeat viewings. → Read More
Some autistic people find comfort in specific objects. What happens when they’re not available anymore?
The stability that comes with a particular food or device can be disrupted if it’s lost, broken, or discontinued. That’s where the internet comes in. → Read More
Film Review: Joker Thinks It’s Saying Something, But Acts More Like a Class Clown
Todd Phillips can't quite keep up with Joaquin Phoenix. → Read More
Film Review: Dolemite Is My Name Captures Eddie Murphy at His Best Since the ’80s
This is no vanity project or singular star turn, but a total celebration. → Read More
TIFF Film Review: Dolemite Is My Name Captures Eddie Murphy at His Best Since the ’80s
This is no vanity project or singular star turn, but a total celebration. → Read More
TIFF Film Review: Parasite Is Another Brilliant Portrait of Class Warfare From Bong Joon-ho
It’s a film that demands greater reflection and repeat viewings. → Read More
Autism conspiracy theories show the lengths parents will go to “cure” their kids
It’s not just dangerous. It’s insulting to autistic people like me. → Read More
Film Review: High Life is a Meditative, Disarming, and Truly Weird Space Story
Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche hurtle toward literal and existential black holes in Claire Denis' arresting English-language debut. Andrew Benjamin and Mia Goth co-star in A24's unsettling, frequently difficult space movie, about a crew of criminals being sent on a one-way trip into a black hole. → Read More
Film Review: Climax Spirals Into a Wild, Drug-Fueled Haze of Sex and Violence
Gaspar Noé's latest shock-and-awe feature doses an experimental dance troupe with LSD and watches disorder take hold. Sofia Boutella leads a cast of unknown dancers from around the world in the Enter the Void and Love director's provocative look at international politics, sexuality, Argento-esque violence, and much more. → Read More
Film Review: Destroyer Marks Another Career High For Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman stuns in this noir-tinged story of a detective racing toward salvation and ruin. Karyn Kusama, who returned to prominence with 2015's The Invitation, directs this confident police thriller also featuring Sebastian Stan. → Read More
Film Review: If Beale Street Could Talk is Another Grand Achievement From Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins brings droves of his now-signature empathy to this stunning adaptation of James Baldwin's 1974 novel. KiKi Layne and Stephan James stun as lovers torn apart by the racism of 1970s America in this moving, impeccably directed adaptation. → Read More
Film Review: ROMA Sees Alfonso Cuarón at His Most Personal and Ambitious Alike
Alfonso Cuarón fuses the political and cinematic with the personal in this sweeping, emotionally rich film. Netflix's frontrunner in this year's awards season boasts some of the year's most beautiful photography, as well as one of its best performances from newcomer Yalitza Aparicio. → Read More
Film Review: Widows is a Smarter, Sharper Kind of Heist Movie
Steve McQueen goes genre with this winding, politically fueled heist caper. → Read More
Film Review: Mid90s Looks Back to an Older Time Without Calling It Simpler
Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is an uncommonly generous and thoughtful coming-of-age story. → Read More
Film Review: Halloween Delivers Tricks, Treats, and Decent Fan Fiction to Series
Jamie Lee Curtis shines in a sequel that takes us back to Haddonfield for more than cheap nostalgia. → Read More
Film Review: First Man Takes an Immediate, Physical Look at the Apollo 11 Mission
Damien Chazelle’s rendering of the first moon landing is celebratory, with flecks of danger throughout. → Read More