T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2022 September 21, 2022 TIFF 2022: My Imaginary Country offers hope in chaos Patricio Guzman directs the rare political documentary that leaves viewers with a bit of optimism.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2022 September 21, 2022 TIFF: Autobiography questions the value of loyalty in the name of tyranny Makbul Mubarak’s debut Autobiography delves deep to examine loyalty & family under dictatorship
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2022 August 31, 2022 TIFF 2022: Casa Susanna reflects on a little known part of LGBTQ history Sébastien Lifshitz directs a tender but incomplete documentary about a New York State sanctuary for trans people seeking safety & understanding.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 22, 2021 TIFF 2021: The Survivor won’t be going for the belt anytime soon The Survivor wastes Ben Foster and Vicky Kreips in an overfamiliar prestige drama that botches its approach to the Holocaust.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 22, 2021 TIFF 2021: The frustrating Quickening has only one thing to recommend it Quickening star Arooj Azeem gives a breakout performance, but the rest of the film simply does not match her good work.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 22, 2021 TIFF 2021: As In Heaven is a divinely made hybrid of character study and nightmare With As in Heaven, Tea Lindeberg and star Flora Lindhal craft a stupendous study of a young woman's struggle with her faith amidst horror.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 19, 2021 TIFF 2021: Silent Night is a joyless, doomed slog Silent Night's admittedly intriguing blend of bleaker-than-bleak comedy and holiday spirit is undermined by noxious writing and characters.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 17, 2021 TIFF 2021: The Forgiven offers up yet more rich white people problems Despite its top shelf cast & capable direction, this drama about tourists behaving badly is nothing we haven't seen before.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 17, 2021 TIFF 2021: Drive My Car is a dense, lyrical take on life after grief Ryusuke Hamaguchi adapts a Haruki Murakami short story & gives it additional depth & soul.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 17, 2021 TIFF 2021: The Gravedigger’s Wife & other highlights in African cinema Three features at the Toronto International Film Festival turn the spotlight on the best and brightest in African filmmaking.
