The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a complete whirlwind, and now that it is over, I’m happy that I decided to apply for the Media Inclusion Initiative. While this year may have been light on the celeb star power, it was still no less entertaining to see the films that were chosen and experience
Congrats to the award winners at TIFF, including American Fiction which won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s festival. I reviewed the film here and am happy for Cord Jefferson taking this prize. Very interesting to see where this film will go. The Toronto International Film Festival® ― which concluded last evening with the
No preamble, let’s get into the reviews. The Holdovers – I love the way Alexander Payne looks at human connection and acerbic people. I think The Holdovers is a very solid movie with strong performances throughout. Paul Giamatti is great and his scenes and moments with Dominic Tessa really soar. Da’Vine Randolph Joy is good
Foundation season one was already a success, somehow wrestling all the world building, hard sci-fi, and expansive timeline into a coherent enjoyable narrative. It wasn’t without its challenges though and the show took a while to get going and often got bogged down in the minutae of its science. What words then can we use
Late night TIFF reactions, let’s go! The Teacher’s Lounge Get ready for the most entertaining 98 minutes of hell on a movie screen you’ll see all year when The Teacher’s Lounge arrives to a screen near you. Thrillingly acted and written with real panache, I definitely see how this movie was chosen by Germany as
Lee Miller was an iconic war correspondent responsible for some of the most important photos during World War 2. But that’s just a small part of her story, the film Lee alleges. The movie, directed by Ellen Kuras, looks into what made the woman behind these iconic images tick and how the various relationships that