TIFF 2021: Huda’s Salon, Encounter, & Dashcam | Review round-up
The Toronto International Film Festival is in full swing. Here is a round up of quick reviews for thrillers playing the fest.
Read all of my reviews, including full-length reviews, from the fest here!
Huda’s Salon
As someone who both writes and consumes film criticism, there is nothing I hate more than hearing, “well, you just have to watch it.” However, there is so little I can divulge about the plot of Huda’s Salon, a new film by Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, without spoiling the fun that I have to tell you you just have to watch it. But I promise that you’ll thank me for my discretion
The opening scene plays out in a single long take as Huda (Manal Awad) does Reem’s (Maisa Abd Elhadi). The women discuss the latest gossip, complain about the men in their lives, and bond over the difficulty of motherhood. Then something happens. Something you don’t see coming and that will set off a cascading series of events that puts each of the c…