44th toronto international film festival

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… Read More

September 17, 2019

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… Read More

September 16, 2019

Toronto: Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’ is the 2019 TIFF People’s Choice winner

Courtesy of TIFF Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story is first runner up; Bong Joon-ho's Parasite is second runner up Taika Waititi's… Read More

September 15, 2019

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 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,… Read More

September 14, 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: ‘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

Toronto Review: ‘The Aeronauts’ is well-crafted with a winning performance by Felicity Jones

Courtesy of TIFF Tom Harper’s epic film is a mixed bag of elegance and emptiness Following his well-received Wild Rose,… Read More

September 12, 2019

Toronto Review: Not even Cynthia Erivo’s performance can save the deeply formulaic ‘Harriet’

Courtesy of TIFF Kasi Lemmons’ latest is a disappointing, uninspired biopic that fails to engage and whose subject deserves better… Read More

September 12, 2019

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