TIFF 2021 Review: The Power of the Dog – “The cinematography is beautiful almost to the point of being otherworldly”
When a rancher brings home a bride, the emotional divide with his brother escalates. There is a bitter rapport between brothers George...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: All My Puny Sorrows – “A quintessential Canadian film”
“How many of us can actually conceptualize death?” Understand it?” These are questions asked in the opening voiceover...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: The Guilty – “Antoine Fuqua is no stranger to the thriller genre”
A Los Angeles detective demoted to being a 911 dispatch call operator attempts to rescue a caller who claims to be abducted. A medicated...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Maria Chapdelaine – “The cinematography is beautiful”
A teenage girl living in rural early 1900s Quebec has three suitors but a deep attachment to her own family. A glance of longing inside...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Petite Maman – “A contemporary faerie tale”
A young girl makes a friend with a playmate of the same age who may help her better understand her mother. Eight-year-old Nelly (Joséphine...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Night Raiders – “The cinematic ambitions are commendable”
In a dystopian future an Indigenous woman seeks to rescue her institutionalized daughter from being brainwashed by an oppressive military...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: The Odd-Job Men – “An enjoyable experience”
An immigrant from Morocco spends a week probation working for a home repair company in Spain. Mohamed (Mohamed Mellali) seeks employment...
Read MoreJustine Bateman on Her New Film ‘Violet’ and Living Fearlessly
Justine Bateman wants you to live fearlessly. She wants to free you from that voice in your head that is holding you back. Her hope is...
Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Violet – “A claustrophobic and affecting film”
“I’m fine. I don’t feel fine. Everything’s fine. Why can’t I feel fine?… Is there something wrong with...
Read MorePlatform Prize, Celebrating Alanis Obomsawin & Short Cuts at TIFF 2021
Resurrected for the 46th Toronto International Film Festival is the Platform Prize with Oscar-nominated Riz Ahmed heading the jury. Among...
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