TIFF 2023 reviews: 'Woman of the Hour' and 'Shayda'
Actor-turned-director Anna Kendrick and first-time director Noora Niasari screened their new movies at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
Actor-turned-director Anna Kendrick and first-time director Noora Niasari screened their new movies at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
Anna Kendrick, best known as an actress in the Pitch Perfect franchise and A Simple Favor, takes the director's chair for the first time with her thriller Woman of the Hour. Meanwhile, first-time director Noora Niasari adapts her childhood in the drama Shayda.
The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 7th to 17th, 2023. Read all of our reviews from the festival here.
Anna Kendrick is first-time director of the hour with Woman of the Hour, a taut and effective thriller
As an actress, Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, A Simple Favor) is known for her bubbly wry personality behind a thousand watt smile that oozes charisma. It makes the tense and terrifying opening sequences of her directorial debut Woman of the Hour all the more surprising. It has mor…