Tag: TIFF
Film Review: George C. Wolfe Hat Tips Further African American Heritage with ‘Rustin’
Produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and directed by George C. Wolfe (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Rustin is a gripping insight into…
Alexander Payne Returns to Form with ‘The Holdovers’
When director Alexander Payne released his film Downsizing it was universally praised for its highly original premise. Unfortunately, however, it received decidedly mixed reviews for…
TIFF 23 Dispatch: including ‘Fallen Leaves’; ‘Green Border’; ‘The Zone of Interest’
In addition to all the major Hollywood films and American indies I saw at TIFF, I also saw several international films from some of the…
TIFF 23 Dispatch: ‘Knox Goes Away’; ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’; ‘Poolman’
Nearly every TIFF features one or two films directed by prominent actors, and to call them a mixed bag is almost deceitfully charitable. When something…
TIFF 2023 Dispatch: ‘American Fiction’; ‘Les Indesirables’; ‘Stamped From the Beginning; ‘Silver Dollar Road’
In the first few days of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, I saw films depicting the struggle of Black communities and families in many…
TIFF 2022 Review: Women Talking (Sarah Polley)
“What follows is an act of female imagination” is the title card that precedes Sarah Polley’s Women Talking — a film derived from a novel…
TIFF ‘22 Review Dispatch #3: The Telluride Films – ‘Good Night Oppy’, ‘Empire of Light’, ‘Women Talking’
In our last set of reviews we looked at some of the most notable Venice premieres that also played TIFF, so today let’s do the…
TIFF ’22 Review Dispatch #2: The Venice Films – ‘The Whale’, ‘The Son’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
When the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was founded in 1976, it was originally called The Festival of Festivals, and the idea behind the fest…
TIFF ’22 Review Dispatch #1: The Big Three – ‘The Fablemans’, ‘Glass Onion’, ‘The Woman King’
Two weeks before TIFF I wrote a preview piece for Rotten Tomatoes that listed the 11 Toronto premieres with the biggest buzz, and I ranked…
TIFF 2021 Review: Sundown
Traditionally challenging and provocative, Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco never had more eyes on him than in 2020 when his feature New Order had a highly…
‘Becoming Cousteau’, ‘Julia’, ‘Jagged’ – TIFF 2021 Review
TIFF usually has several biographical documentaries, and this year was no different, with films about Julia Child, Alanis Morissette, Oscar Peterson, Kenny G, and Jacques…
‘Belfast’, ‘Dune’, ‘Last Night in Soho’, ‘Titane’ – TIFF 2021 Review
As usual, I’m abominably behind with my festival reviews, so rather than continuing in chronological order of what I saw—I’m slapping myself that I couldn’t…
Belfast Wins TIFF People’s Choice Award
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s Scarborough was the first runner-up…
‘A Hero’, ‘Compartment No. 6’, ‘Attica’, ‘Hold Your Fire’ – TIFF 2021 Review
It’s lovely to kick off a film festival with a banger, as I did at my first TIFF in 2010, when the first film I…
