Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF Review: Shortcuts and misdirected focus don’t ring true in ‘Good Joe Bell’

courtesy of TIFF A road paved with good intentions, GOOD JOE BELL begins as a story about the shared physical… Read More

September 15, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘New Order’ is a harrowing, edge-of-your-seat experience

Courtesy of TIFF Plot: In one of Mexico’s richest neighborhoods, high-society guests flock to a lavish mansion to celebrate a… Read More

September 15, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘180 Degree Rule’ speaks for countless women whose only language is silence

Courtesy of TIFF Plot: Tehran, present day. A school teacher and a mother to a 5-year old daughter is preparing… Read More

September 15, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Summer of 85’

The opening minutes of SUMMER OF 85 tells us exactly what it’s about.  Filmmakers tend to play the Bury Your… Read More

September 14, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘No Ordinary Man’ examines the life of legendary trans musician Billy Tipton

I think of myself as many things that define me, the least of which is my gender.  It’s not because… Read More

September 14, 2020

TIFF Review: Michel Franco’s ‘New Order’ is a Latinx dystopian masterpiece of class warfare

Courtesy of TIFF Tell me now, how should I feel? One year ago in Venice, one film took the entire… Read More

September 14, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Wolfwalkers’

Courtesy of TIFF Tomm Moore, director of THE SECRET OF KELLS (co-produced with Nora Twomey whose THE BREADWINNER premiered at… Read More

September 13, 2020

TIFF Review: Darkly comic refugee story ‘Limbo’ is a haunting high wire act that pays off

courtesy of TIFF Plot: A Syrian refugee ends up in a remote area in Scotland. Waiting for his asylum request… Read More

September 13, 2020

TIFF Review: Femininity is synonymous with strength in ‘Lift Like a Girl’ weightlifting doc

Asmaa Ramadan in Mayye Zayed's LIFT LIKE A GIRL (courtesy of TIFF) Numerous independent studies have shown that if any… Read More

September 13, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Pieces of a Woman’

Plot: A woman grapples with losing her child shortly after birth.  Review:  A successful character study and an immersive drama… Read More

September 12, 2020

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