Breakfast at Tiffany's
Similar2046 (2004), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), Annie Hall (1977), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Caché (2005), Enchanted (2007), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Ghostbusters (1984), GoodFellas (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), King Kong (2005), Léon: The Professional (1994), Manhattan (1979), Maria Full of Grace (2004), Match Point (2005), Men in Black II (2002), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Muriel's Wedding (1994), Pi (1998), Sissi (1955), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Sliver (1993), Stalker (1979), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Taxi Driver (1976), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), The Cider House Rules (1999), The Godfather Part III (1990), The Good German (2006), The Terminal (2004), The Usual Suspects (1995), Vertigo (1958), Wonder Boys (2000),
John Carney's new drama is just one of a diverse collection of features at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the works being covered here wouldn't exist.
Irish filmmaker John Carney made his big breakthrough in 2007 with Once, a film focused on the redemptive power of music and its ability to bring people, whether they are strangers or family, together in the pursuit of creating something that allows them to give voice to their once-buried hopes and desires. This was followed by Begin Again (2013), a film focused on the redemptive power of music and its ability to bring people, whether they are strangers or family, together in the pursuit of creating something that allows them to give voice to their once-buried hopes and desires. After that came Sing Street (2016), a film focused on the redemptive power of music and its ability to bring people, whether they are strangers or family, together in the pursuit of creating something that allows them to give voice to their once-buried hopes and desires. Continue Reading →
Sunset Boulevard
SimilarEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004),
Jeffrey Schwarz’s documentary on a never-was musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard and its would-be makers is insightful if a bit scattered.
(This review is part of our 2021 coverage of Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival)
“After Salome, we’ll make another picture, and another picture” and then a musical, and then a musical based on writing the musical, and then a picture about writing the musical and the musical based on writing the musical! Maybe it’s not something Norma Desmond could’ve dreamed of, but Gloria Swanson certainly would have approved. Continue Reading →