Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF Review: World War II era ‘Tove’ paints a picture of love and loss

Alma Pöysti in Tove We rarely recognize the most formative moments in our lives at the time of their occurrence.… Read More

September 10, 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

TIFF Review: Nicole Riegel’s ‘Holler’ resonates with rural plight

Jessica Barden in Holler (courtesy Level Forward) Writer/director Nicole Riegel's feature debut, Holler, expands upon her 2016 short of the… Read More

September 10, 2020

Toronto Review: ‘Noura’s Dream’

Hinde Boujemaa’s debut feature is an interesting exploration of women’s rights in modern-day Tunisia Making her first feature film after… Read More

September 15, 2019

Toronto Review: ‘The Laundromat’ is a washout

Courtesy of TIFF Steven Soderbergh’s latest is an aimless, flat tale despite a timely premise A timey, topical film isn’t… Read More

September 14, 2019

Toronto Review: Carice van Houten is stunning in the provocative Oscar contender ‘Instinct’

Courtesy of TIFF Halina Reijn’s debut feature is an explosive and subversive tale for the #Metoo era In her feature… Read More

September 14, 2019

Toronto Review: Coming-of-age during wartime love story ‘1982’ is well-intentioned but doesn’t quite gel

Oualid Mouaness’ debut feature is an uneven story about love in the middle of war Making his feature debut after… Read More

September 13, 2019

Toronto Review: ‘The Cave,’ a chilling but hopeful tale of female resilience

Courtesy of TIFF Feras Fayyad’s new doc is a heartbreaking but hopeful story of how resilience can overcome suffering In… Read More

September 13, 2019

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