toronto international film festival

‘The Life of Chuck’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Offbeat Stephen King-Based Tom Hiddleston Drama Mostly Hits the Mark | TIFF‘The Life of Chuck’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Offbeat Stephen King-Based Tom Hiddleston Drama Mostly Hits the Mark | TIFF

‘The Life of Chuck’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Offbeat Stephen King-Based Tom Hiddleston Drama Mostly Hits the Mark | TIFF

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” So goes Walt Whitman’s… Read More

September 12, 2024
‘All of You’ Review: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots’ Chemistry Can’t Save an Underdeveloped, Badly Paced Sci-Fi Romance | TIFF‘All of You’ Review: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots’ Chemistry Can’t Save an Underdeveloped, Badly Paced Sci-Fi Romance | TIFF

‘All of You’ Review: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots’ Chemistry Can’t Save an Underdeveloped, Badly Paced Sci-Fi Romance | TIFF

Every year, the Toronto International Film Festival has a handful of small scale science fiction relationship dramas, all hoping to… Read More

September 12, 2024
‘Việt and Nam’ Review: Trương Minh Quý’s Haunting and Melancholic Look at a Country Struggling with its Past | TIFF‘Việt and Nam’ Review: Trương Minh Quý’s Haunting and Melancholic Look at a Country Struggling with its Past | TIFF

‘Việt and Nam’ Review: Trương Minh Quý’s Haunting and Melancholic Look at a Country Struggling with its Past | TIFF

Life can be a series of question marks that are never resolved. We may forever wrestle with the possibilities and… Read More

September 11, 2024
‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant is a Creep and a Weirdo in Deviously Devilish Debate About Religion | TIFF‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant is a Creep and a Weirdo in Deviously Devilish Debate About Religion | TIFF

‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant is a Creep and a Weirdo in Deviously Devilish Debate About Religion | TIFF

Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton are doing missionary work for the Mormon Church. Paxton (Chloe East from The Fabelmans) is… Read More

September 10, 2024
‘The Substance’ Review: Coralie Fargeat Feeds Us Moore Gore in Blood-Soaked Rumination on Female Body Image | TIFF‘The Substance’ Review: Coralie Fargeat Feeds Us Moore Gore in Blood-Soaked Rumination on Female Body Image | TIFF

‘The Substance’ Review: Coralie Fargeat Feeds Us Moore Gore in Blood-Soaked Rumination on Female Body Image | TIFF

Women know body horror all too well. Before we can even really grasp what they mean, the standards embedded in… Read More

September 9, 2024
‘Without Blood’ Review: Angelina Jolie Directs Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir With Lots of Looks But Little Content | TIFF‘Without Blood’ Review: Angelina Jolie Directs Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir With Lots of Looks But Little Content | TIFF

‘Without Blood’ Review: Angelina Jolie Directs Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir With Lots of Looks But Little Content | TIFF

Writer/director Angelina Jolie has shown a penchant for challenging films depicting war when she is behind the camera—think First They… Read More

September 9, 2024
‘Daniela Forever’ Review: Henry Golding Elevates an Imaginative Sci-Fi Pic That Falls Short of its Full Potential | TIFF‘Daniela Forever’ Review: Henry Golding Elevates an Imaginative Sci-Fi Pic That Falls Short of its Full Potential | TIFF

‘Daniela Forever’ Review: Henry Golding Elevates an Imaginative Sci-Fi Pic That Falls Short of its Full Potential | TIFF

When it comes to sci-fi films about an attempt for romantic connection, movies about machines and AI tend to be… Read More

September 9, 2024
‘Pedro Páramo’ Review: Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s Adaptation of the Classic Mexican Magical Realism Novel is Otherworldly | TIFF‘Pedro Páramo’ Review: Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s Adaptation of the Classic Mexican Magical Realism Novel is Otherworldly | TIFF

‘Pedro Páramo’ Review: Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s Adaptation of the Classic Mexican Magical Realism Novel is Otherworldly | TIFF

Long before M. Night Shyamalan’s characters saw dead people, author Juan Rulfo wrote about a whole bunch of them roaming… Read More

September 8, 2024
‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Daniel Minahan’s Unsexy Adaptation Rides On Svelte Torsos and Not Much Else | TIFF‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Daniel Minahan’s Unsexy Adaptation Rides On Svelte Torsos and Not Much Else | TIFF

‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Daniel Minahan’s Unsexy Adaptation Rides On Svelte Torsos and Not Much Else | TIFF

While revisionist westerns aren’t exactly popular, they do important work in dispelling the myth of the Great American West. On… Read More

September 8, 2024
‘To a Land Unknown’ Review: Mahdi Fleifel’s Unforgettable Feature Debut is a Rousing Reflection on Displacement | TIFF‘To a Land Unknown’ Review: Mahdi Fleifel’s Unforgettable Feature Debut is a Rousing Reflection on Displacement | TIFF

‘To a Land Unknown’ Review: Mahdi Fleifel’s Unforgettable Feature Debut is a Rousing Reflection on Displacement | TIFF

In Mahdi Fleifel’s much-anticipated feature debut, following a number of widely acclaimed shorts, the refugee experience is depicted in ways… Read More

September 8, 2024