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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, TIFF

Little Things: CIRCLE plays TIFF 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Jayisha Patel asks us why that is just how it is?

Posted on September 8, 2018September 10, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

RAFIKI plays TIFF 2018

Love can be hopeful, and in some parts of the world hope remains a dangerous idea.

Posted on September 7, 2018September 12, 2020
festivals, TIFF

Little Things: DODGY DAVE plays TIFF 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Charlotte Regan asks us if we really feel that’s a good idea?

Posted on September 6, 2018September 9, 2018
TIFF

City Looks Pretty: My TIFF 2018 Selections

If you’re looking for me next week, start by looking on King Street West

Posted on August 30, 2018September 9, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

MY DAYS OF MERCY plays TIFF 2017

A story that pleads with us not let one moment or one label define who we are.

Posted on September 17, 2017October 22, 2017
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

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