Saffron Maeve

2 months ago | mubi.com | Saffron Maeve

“I swear you are my only beloved wife!” the text on the computer screen reads, above a drawing of two hearts skewered by a single arrow. This message, rendered with the program AtariArtist on a Taxan CRT monitor, is Derek’s (Chow Yun-fat) response to a pointed question from his wife, Bao-er (Cora Miao): “Will there be more like her?” Bao-er refers to Derek’s affair with a younger woman, which has led the couple to separate.

2 months ago | intermissionmagazine.ca | Saffron Maeve

int(111998) iPhoto caption: Photo by Damon McLean.

Mar 6, 2025 | screenslate.com | Nicolas Rapold |Saffron Maeve

Our dispatch of the 2025 True/False Film Festival comes courtesy of Nicolas Rapold and Saffron Maeve, who sampled the festival’s diverse slate of documentaries and offered their thoughts regarding its highlights. Nicolas RapoldThis year, strangers at True/False kept asking whether it was my first time at the festival. I took that as a good sign—I didn't look jaded?—but in fact I'd gone several times.

Jan 31, 2025 | mubi.com | Saffron Maeve

Kazik Radwanski’s Matt and Mara premieres tomorrow, February 1, exclusively on MUBI. To the horror and delight of Toronto filmgoers, there is a moment in Kazik Radwanski’s Matt and Mara (2024) when the lead actress cups a palmful of water from the outdoor fountains at Yonge-Dundas Square and splashes her face, her mouth slightly agape. One does not do this (locals will note a vague air of urine around the intersection).

Jan 24, 2025 | theglobeandmail.com | Saffron Maeve