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Category: festivals

Coverage of TIFF, Hot Docs, NXNE, and Toronto After Dark

festivals, screenings, TIFF

TITANE plays TIFF 2021

What do you get when you cross a Whitesnake video, Claire Denis, Anthony Burgess, and Barbara Streisand?

Posted on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

I’M YOUR MAN plays TIFF 2021

At the end of the day, who really wants “the perfect man”?

Posted on September 16, 2021September 15, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER plays TIFF 2021

It doesn’t have to be Halloween to wear a mask.

Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL plays TIFF 2021

Who is sane and who is sound is often only determined by who signs the papers and holds the keys.

Posted on September 14, 2021September 14, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

VIOLET plays TIFF 2021

Justine Bateman answers the question many of us ask about certain anxious people in our lives: “What were they thinking?”

Posted on September 13, 2021September 12, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SCARBOROUGH plays TIFF 2021

Every major city in the world has a “Scarborough”

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE POWER OF THE DOG plays TIFF 2021

Jane Campion turns her camera towards a male protagonist, and makes no bones about just how toxic he is.

Posted on September 11, 2021September 10, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

PETITE MAMAN plays TIFF 2021

TIFF 2021 gets off to a stunning start with a tender masterpiece on death, family, friendship, and grief.

Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SPRING BLOSSOM plays TIFF 2020

A new french director tells a familiar story from a different point of view.

Posted on September 19, 2020September 19, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SHADOW IN THE CLOUD plays TIFF 2020

WWII flights over The Pacific were terrifying…and that was BEFORE unexpected passengers tagged along.

Posted on September 18, 2020September 17, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

BEANS plays TIFF 2020

There’s something especially intense about coming of age during a crisis.

Posted on September 17, 2020September 16, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

UNDERPLAYED plays TIFF 2020

Breaking barriers, one mix at a time.

Posted on September 16, 2020September 15, 2020

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