Mina Takla

TIFF Review: ‘Never Gonna Snow Again’ is a thoughtful and challenging take on class and greed with a sci-fi lens

Courtesy of Lava Films Plot: A Ukrainian immigrant with special powers succeeds in entering Poland where he starts working as… Read More

September 12, 2020

TIFF Review: Through myth and folktale, ‘Night of the Kings’ is rich and immersive and wholly unique

Courtesy of TIFF Plot: A young man is sentenced to the MACA prison in Abidjan, and must tell the other… Read More

September 12, 2020

TIFF Review: A brilliant performance by Peter Sarsgaard anchors the harrowing true story of ‘Mr. Jones’

Plot: Based on true events, Mr. Jones dramatizes the story of Gareth Jones, a journalist from Wales, who in 1933… Read More

September 11, 2020

TIFF Review: Despite a compelling Kate Winslet, ‘Ammonite’ remains at a distance

Courtesy of TIFF Plot: In 1840s England, a fossil hunter, Mary Anning who owns her own fossil business but rarely… Read More

September 11, 2020

TIFF Review: With a mesmerizing performance by Laetitia Dosch, ‘Simple Passion’ is anything but

Sergei Polunin and Laetitia Dosch in Simple Passion Plot: A single mother falls in love with a younger man who enters her… Read More

September 10, 2020

TIFF Review: Engrossing, ‘The Ties’ that bind examine a marriage in crisis

Luigi Lo Cascio and Alba Rohrwacher in The TIes Plot: In the 1980s, a popular radio presenter and storyteller suddenly… Read More

September 10, 2020

TIFF Review: The ambitious yet unfocused ‘Apples’

Aris Servetalis in Christos Nikou's Apples (courtesy of TIFF) Plot: The world is hit by a pandemic - only it’s… Read More

September 10, 2020

2020 Oscars: From 'Truth and Justice' to 'Corpus Christi,' the International Feature Film Shortlist Celebrates Frontrunners and Underdogs

TRUTH AND JUSTICE (Estonia)THOSE WHO REMAINED (Hungary) The Best International Feature Film shortlist has just been released, bringing about several… Read More

December 17, 2019

Interview: Cutting it up with ‘Parasite’ film editor Jinmo Yang

Jinmo Yang first caught the eye of director Bong Joon Ho when he cut the cult Korean zombie hit Train… Read More

December 11, 2019

TIFF 19 Wrap-Up: From jokers to popes and birds to hustlers, here are the Best Films and Performances of the Toronto International Film Festival

The 2019 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up yesterday after what was a stellar edition, full of… Read More

September 16, 2019

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