Oscar Podcast #75: Post-TIFF 19 discussion and the awards forecast with Mina Takla
It’s crazy but this is our first Oscar podcast of the 2019/2020 awards season! With Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Telluride and Toronto behind us the Oscar... Read More
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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 fantastic films from all over... Read More
Toronto: Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ is the 2019 TIFF People’s Choice winner
Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story is first runner up; Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is second runner up Taika Waititi’s “anti-hate” satire Jojo Rabbit, about a young German... Read More
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 several shorts, Hinde Boujemaa’s NOURA’S... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘The Perfect Candidate’ is a compelling tale of equality and politics in Saudi Arabia
Haifa Al Mansour’s latest is less effective than WADJDA but remains insightful and often engaging Saudi Arabia’s first-ever female filmmaker, Haifa Al Mansour is a... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘The Laundromat’ is a washout
Steven Soderbergh’s latest is an aimless, flat tale despite a timely premise A timey, topical film isn’t necessarily a good one, especially if it doesn’t... Read More
Toronto Review: Carice van Houten is stunning in the provocative Oscar contender ‘Instinct’
Halina Reijn’s debut feature is an explosive and subversive tale for the #Metoo era In her feature debut, which will represent the Netherlands in this... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘The Cave,’ a chilling but hopeful tale of female resilience
Feras Fayyad’s new doc is a heartbreaking but hopeful story of how resilience can overcome suffering In his much-anticipated follow-up to his Oscar-nominated LAST MEN... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘The Aeronauts’ is well-crafted with a winning performance by Felicity Jones
Tom Harper’s epic film is a mixed bag of elegance and emptiness Following his well-received Wild Rose, Tom Harper goes for a more epic adventure... Read More
Toronto Review: Not even Cynthia Erivo’s performance can save the deeply formulaic ‘Harriet’
Kasi Lemmons’ latest is a disappointing, uninspired biopic that fails to engage and whose subject deserves better Just because a film is about one of... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10