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Category: TIFF

News, views, and thoughts from the circus that takes over my home town every September. Films discussed are never rated.

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

PLONGER plays TIFF 2017

Director Mélanie Laurent reminds us that the ones who stay put, sometimes claim they’ve run away.

Posted on September 17, 2017September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE HUNGRY plays TIFF 2017

“Titus” throws a lavish Indian wedding, and Bornila Chatterjee captures every bloody moment.

Posted on September 16, 2017October 2, 2017
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

LET THE CORPSES TAN plays TIFF 2017

Gold, blood, and conceptual art. All in a day’s work for some.

Posted on September 15, 2017October 2, 2017
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

IF YOU SAW HIS HEART plays TIFF 2017

A confessional, amorous, and honest cinematic letter from a promising new director.

Posted on September 13, 2017September 17, 2017
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

UNICORN STORE plays TIFF 2017

A colourful, joyous, and messy feature debut from director Brie Larson.

Posted on September 12, 2017September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

WARU plays TIFF 2017

Eight women come together to create an intricate tapestry of the angst in the wake of one boy’s death.

Posted on September 11, 2017September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, Ryan Recommends, screenings, TIFF

THE RIDER plays TIFF 2017

An elegy for broken dreams and shattered purpose from director Chloé Zhao

Posted on September 10, 2017July 2, 2019
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

AVA plays TIFF 2017

A character stares out at us while a film concludes, and seems to be silently ask us: When will this all end?

Posted on September 9, 2017September 15, 2017
TIFF

High Ticket Attractions: My TIFF 2017 Selections

Once more unto the breach, dear friends…

Posted on August 30, 2017September 15, 2017
essays, thoughts & opinions, TIFF

These Women’s Work: A TIFF Spent with Films By Female Filmmakers

Thoughts on dedicating TIFF 2016 to The Female Perspective

Posted on September 21, 2016September 11, 2020
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2016 pt. iii

Andrew and Douglas join me at The Fox as TIFF 2016 coverage concludes.

Posted on September 18, 2016September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

OKAFOR’S LAW plays TIFF 2016

If boys will be boys, what does it take to grow into a man?

Posted on September 18, 2016November 8, 2016

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