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The Tyee (British Columbia)

The Tyee (British Columbia) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Dorothy Woodend, Frederick Blichert.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes (2025) Dorothy Woodend Strom brings a gentleness of approach that befits the man at the centre of the story.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Cover-Up (2025) Dorothy Woodend It is fascinating to witness Poitras push Hersh on certain aspects of his life’s work, revealing one of the unsung heroes of the story, namely Elizabeth Sarah Klein, the journalist’s wife of over 60 years.
Posted Jan 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Marty Supreme (2025) Dorothy Woodend Strap in and hold on, my loves. This film is a rocket ride from start to finish.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
The Librarians (2025) Dorothy Woodend The film shows it’s not really about the books; it is about power.
Posted Nov 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 (2025) Dorothy Woodend The film is not without problems, eschewing subtlety for a blunter approach. But maybe in this period of extremity, that is well warranted.
Posted Oct 04, 2025  Edit critic review
WTO/99 (2025) Dorothy Woodend Director Ian Bell wields the deluge of archival footage in masterful fashion. I warn you, it does get granular, but the more fascinating aspects emerge in the parallels between then and now.
Posted Oct 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Free Leonard Peltier (2025) Dorothy Woodend The story has been covered previously in documentary...and non-fiction...but Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary brings together previous information with more recent developments.
Posted Oct 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Agatha's Almanac (2025) Dorothy Woodend As an immersion in a fully realized world, Agatha’s Almanac is so resolutely charming that there is no point in resisting its power.
Posted Oct 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Nest (2025) Dorothy Woodend The tidal shift between past and present is delicately summoned through a series of imagined vignettes drawn from the house’s unique past.
Posted Sep 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Vice Is Broke (2024) Dorothy Woodend As a cautionary tale, Vice Is Broke offers up a few object lessons. But it’s more interesting for how it offers viewers a return to a cultural moment in the 1990s through the 2010s, when outrage became cool and more importantly, profitable.
Posted Aug 28, 2025  Edit critic review
Apocalypse in the Tropics (2024) Dorothy Woodend ...Malafaia is not exactly the kingmaker one might assume from his grandstanding ways. But as the film makes clear his ability to marshal the voting power of the third of Brazil’s population,...means the weird dude has political clout.
Posted Jul 28, 2025  Edit critic review
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) Dorothy Woodend The story [of Jaws] has been covered in exhaustive fashion, but what makes this documentary so fascinating is the vulnerability it uncovers. The uncertainty and insecurity not only of its creator, but also the greater fears of the period.
Posted Jul 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance (2025) Dorothy Woodend Parade is a celebration of the deep social change that foundationally changed the country thanks to the courage and hard work of the community leaders and activists who bared it all to build a better world.
Posted Jun 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Marcella (2024) Dorothy Woodend The bare facts of the film, like Hazan’s recipes, are straightforward, but the magic takes place when food, memory and connection transform the basic ingredients into something numinous.
Posted Jun 05, 2025  Edit critic review
A Working Man (2025) Dorothy Woodend A Working Man doesn’t go quite as bananas as its predecessor...But amid all the action-movie business as usual, some new issues have arisen — namely, who is supposed to be bad and who is presented as good.
Posted Apr 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Every Little Thing (2024) Dorothy Woodend Every Little Thing offers something more than a story about a woman who dedicated herself to helping the tiniest of creatures. It’s about the duty of care that we owe all living things, big or small.
Posted Jan 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Anora (2024) Dorothy Woodend Baker has such compassion and genuine curiosity about his characters that his films leap lightly over judgment and prurience, landing solidly on unexpected ground.
Posted Nov 08, 2024  Edit critic review
The Death Tour (2024) Dorothy Woodend An unexpected invitation in the latter part of the film takes things in a surprising direction. In spite of the upbeat ending, the sedimentary layers of despair and sadness that permeate the film linger.
Posted Aug 22, 2024  Edit critic review
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Dorothy Woodend Deadpool & Wolverine isn’t so much a film as a meme machine, filled to the rafters with asides, inside jokes and visual subtext.
Posted Aug 19, 2024  Edit critic review
Twisters (2024) Dorothy Woodend Twisters does little to invest personality into its group of storm chasers. It’s a little odd, as such films live and die on an audience caring about which characters live and die.
Posted Aug 08, 2024  Edit critic review
The Sixth (2024) Dorothy Woodend In this digital age, are too many of us ruled by an algorithm-laced obsession with punishing our enemies? I would have to say a definitive yes after watching The Sixth...
Posted Aug 08, 2024  Edit critic review
Copa 71 (2023) Dorothy Woodend But one thing is clear from Copa 71. Whatever the forces aligned against them, women will never stop fighting for freedom, equality and the opportunity to do the things they love.
Posted Jun 25, 2024  Edit critic review
Sweetland (2023) Dorothy Woodend The film combines the crepuscular gloom and humour in the soil of this odd country of ours into a hardy yet poignant offering. It’s a thing of harsh beauty.
Posted Jun 06, 2024  Edit critic review
Adrianne & the Castle (2024) Dorothy Woodend If you suspend all rationality and let the sheer volume of crepe de Chine and enormous hairdos wash over you, there are considerable pleasures to be had.
Posted May 06, 2024  Edit critic review
Plastic People (2024) Dorothy Woodend Save this film for when you're feeling a bit more resilient because it's so hard to hold out a lot of hope for humanity when the full scope and impact of microplastics are revealed.
Posted May 06, 2024  Edit critic review
Food, Inc. 2 (2023) Dorothy Woodend The doc's dark stroll through our world of processed food left me seeking more than a sprinkle of hope. And better non-fiction cinema.
Posted Apr 19, 2024  Edit critic review
Civil War (2024) Dorothy Woodend With beauty and horror, the anticipated new movie is a visceral excavation of America’s darkest impulses...
Posted Apr 17, 2024  Edit critic review
High & Low - John Galliano (2023) Dorothy Woodend A new documentary on the disgraced designer asks important questions about our twisted relationships with work and the things we cherish.
Posted Mar 30, 2024  Edit critic review
500 Days in the Wild (2023) Dorothy Woodend It’s OK to let it all out and bawl. It has, after all, been a very long road...
Posted Mar 08, 2024  Edit critic review
The Taste of Things (2023) Dorothy Woodend In this irresistible French film, food is love. And a feast for the soul.
Posted Feb 16, 2024  Edit critic review
Origin (2023) Dorothy Woodend An ambitious film sheds light on how power operates, dividing us into castes.
Posted Feb 16, 2024  Edit critic review
The Beekeeper (2024) Dorothy Woodend In The Beekeeper, Statham plays to his strengths. There are lots of fight scenes, a bit of growled dialogue and a series of extended moments wherein the Stathammer does what he does best.
Posted Feb 08, 2024  Edit critic review
Passages (2023) Dorothy Woodend Both disarming and engaging...
Posted Jan 16, 2024  Edit critic review
Poor Things (2023) Dorothy Woodend Poor Things is resolutely forthright about the joys of the flesh.
Posted Jan 16, 2024  Edit critic review
Godzilla Minus One (2023) Dorothy Woodend Every generation gets the Godzilla they both need and deserve, and the most recent iteration doesn’t miss.
Posted Dec 15, 2023  Edit critic review
Saltburn (2023) Dorothy Woodend Emerald Fennell’s latest provocation is tasty fare, if a bit unclear about who’s the main course.
Posted Dec 07, 2023  Edit critic review
The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023) Dorothy Woodend As a barrage of media clips and interviews from the period demonstrate, there are certain truths that could not be spoken about at the time. Or perhaps any time.
Posted Nov 17, 2023  Edit critic review
Another Body (2023) Dorothy Woodend Depending upon your perspective, what’s more fascinating — or horrifying — is how little has changed in the way that women are depicted and understood in mass media.
Posted Nov 17, 2023  Edit critic review
The Mission (2023) Dorothy Woodend ...it is Chau’s grief-stricken father who provides the heart of the film, as he explains how his son’s religious devotion spiralled into obsession.
Posted Oct 03, 2023  Edit critic review
Common Ground (2023) Dorothy Woodend As much as the information contained in the film is necessary and critical, it's very hard to get past the celebrity schmaltz.
Posted Oct 03, 2023  Edit critic review
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023) Dorothy Woodend Director Robert McCallum has reams of material, and the film boasts a wealth of archival clips and interviews as well as more intimate recollections from Coombs’ children and grandchildren...
Posted Oct 03, 2023  Edit critic review
Lynx Man (2023) Dorothy Woodend Director Juha Suonpää brings a playful inventiveness to the proceeding, mixed with what could almost be termed magical realism.
Posted Oct 03, 2023  Edit critic review
Scrapper (2023) Dorothy Woodend It’s a charmer with more than a few spikey bits to add some teeth to the story.
Posted Sep 07, 2023  Edit critic review
Our Body (2023) Dorothy Woodend At close to three hours in length (168 minutes to be exact), every moment feels absolutely crucial and critical, whether it’s a doctor gently stroking the bird-like hand of a dying patient or a new mother being handed her new baby girl.
Posted Sep 01, 2023  Edit critic review
Meg 2: The Trench (2023) Dorothy Woodend All hail the biggest, meanest, sharkiest diva of the ocean.
Posted Aug 21, 2023  Edit critic review
KOKOMO CITY (2023) Dorothy Woodend The stories told by the women in the film are fascinating. And the documentary has style to burn.
Posted Aug 07, 2023  Edit critic review
Shortcomings (2023) Dorothy Woodend The film doesn’t work in quite the way as the original source material.
Posted Aug 04, 2023  Edit critic review
Fashion Reimagined (2022) Dorothy Woodend Hunter keeps the action moving at a brisk pace, packing in not only Powney’s personal story, but also explaining how... the concepts of circularity, transparency, sustainability and other means of shaping the industry for the better have come into effect.
Posted Jun 29, 2023  Edit critic review
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (2022) Dorothy Woodend In addition to Thorgerson and Powell’s own experiences, the film is also a recounting of and reckoning with rock music’s towering apotheosis.
Posted Jun 09, 2023  Edit critic review
BlackBerry (2023) Dorothy Woodend BlackBerry’s smart writing, zippy pace and thoroughly Canadian approach gives it a great deal of charm.
Posted Jun 09, 2023  Edit critic review
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