People were breaking into song and dance at TIFF this year. Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck” has one of…
Read More →Focusing on Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges), a former CIA operative forced out of hiding when an old adversary comes looking…
Read More →Whenever this day arrives, I think of how popular culture usually depicts momentous days in history as ones where ordinary…
Read More →There was an abundance of music documentaries at TIFF last year for what feels like an obvious reason: musicians aren’t…
Read More →Two of the three films in this dispatch were inspired by true events, while the third reflects the dire situation…
Read More →Before anything else, there was that voice. Rich, regal, majestic, magnificent, and instantly recognizable—it seemed to come from a part…
Read More →Someone once said, “Mike Leigh doesn’t make bad movies.” I repeated this in the days leading up to the premiere…
Read More →Adapting Goethe’s Sturm und Drang classic “The Sorrows of Young Werther” into a buoyant, bright Canadian rom-com feels like a…
Read More →A portal to all of our coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Enjoy! BRIAN TALLERICO “Bird“ “The Cut“…
Read More →One of my favorite subgenres of films to watch at festivals is speculative sci-fi, particularly those from BIPOC filmmakers. Nothing…
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