Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF Review: Mads Mikkelsen is superb in Thomas Vinterberg’s intoxicating ‘Another Round’

courtesy of TIFF Plot: A group of friends who happen to work together as teachers in the same school decide… Read More

September 18, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Shadow in the Cloud’ aims high but crashes and burns

courtesy of TIFF How does one watch a movie like SHADOW IN THE CLOUD?  Pretend that the gremlin is Max… Read More

September 18, 2020

TIFF Review: Suzanne Lindon’s ‘Spring Blossom’ is a charming tale of first love

courtesy of TIFF Plot: A 16-year old girl enters a romantic relationship with an older theatre actor whose play is… Read More

September 18, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Memory House’ fails to illuminate, keeping its Brazilian folklore out of reach

courtesy of TIFF Plot: An Indigenrous-Black man from Brazil’s rural north struggles to earn acceptance in his community. When he… Read More

September 18, 2020

TIFF Review: Despite strong performances from its leads, ‘Wildfire’ is doused by lackluster storytelling

courtesy of TIFF Plot: After having suddenly and mysteriously disappeared for almost a year, a women returns to her hometown… Read More

September 17, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘The Truffle Hunters’ digs up one of the year’s most moving films

Courtesy of TIFF Plot: In Italy, where truffle hunting is a culinary obsession, a number of elderly hunters continue to… Read More

September 17, 2020

TIFF Review: Rosamund Pike is a standout in J Blakeson’s sharp and clever ‘I Care A Lot’

courtesy of TIFF After the disappointment that was The 5th Wave, director J Blakeson makes his return to a smaller… Read More

September 16, 2020

TIFF Review: The deeply earnest ‘Good Joe Bell’ is a story of self-redemption

courtesy of TIFF Plot: The true story of an Oregon father, Joe Bell, who sets out on a walk across… Read More

September 16, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Notturno’ doc highlights the aftermath of war told through the eyes of those who lived it

Plot: Filmed in several parts of the war-torn Middle East, NOTTURNO documents the aftermath of war through the eyes of… Read More

September 16, 2020

TIFF Review: Sam Pollard’s riveting ‘MLK/FBI’ looks at Hoover’s attempt to destroy an American hero

courtesy of TIFF In my June op-ed, about America’s growing moral dissonance systemically reinforced by the entertainment content we consume, I… Read More

September 15, 2020

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