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 travels to the Soviet Union... Read More
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TIFF Review: Despite a compelling Kate Winslet, ‘Ammonite’ remains at a distance
Plot: In 1840s England, a fossil hunter, Mary Anning who owns her own fossil business but rarely gets proper credit for her major discoveries, falls... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Shiva Baby’
It would be easy to dismiss Danielle (Rachel Sennott) as a wildly self-absorbed and irresponsible college student. Out of the nest, half-settled on a “frivolous”... Read More
TIFF Review: In ‘Penguin Bloom,’ Naomi Watts can’t save a Hallmark card exhibition of resilience and rebirth
“Everything was perfect,” says young Noah Bloom (Griffin Murray-Johnston), as he recollects his family’s Thailand vacation in Penguin Bloom. Then, it was not. Noah’s mother... Read More
Film Review: Tom Holland is far from home in ‘The Devil All the Time’
The Southern Gothic is as American as the second amendment. Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood,” the tale of a cynical preacher searching for redemption in his... Read More
Frameline Review: ‘No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei)’
“The future is ours” says Banafshe, an Iranian woman in Germany on the verge of deportation, towards the end of No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei).... Read More
TIFF Review: Byrned Bridges in ‘American Utopia’
“My Name is David Byrne. I can’t take credit for that. I had no choice in the matter.” The Randy Newman of New Wave Dadaism,... Read More
TIFF Review: World War II era ‘Tove’ paints a picture of love and loss
We rarely recognize the most formative moments in our lives at the time of their occurrence. Seeking cover during an air raid during the second... Read More
TIFF Review: With a mesmerizing performance by Laetitia Dosch, ‘Simple Passion’ is anything but
Plot: A single mother falls in love with a younger man who enters her life as abruptly as he exits it. An examination of the... Read More
TIFF Review: Engrossing, ‘The Ties’ that bind examine a marriage in crisis
Plot: In the 1980s, a popular radio presenter and storyteller suddenly grows indifferent to his marriage life. A series of betrayals open doors for a... Read More
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