When Lisa Taddeo’s non-fiction book “Three Women” hit shelves back in 2019, it became an immediate hit. Featuring the intimate…
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With over two hundred films programmed at TIFF, you notice recurring thematic and narrative patterns. For this dispatch of films,…
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You have to feel at least a little bit bad for “Shell,” purely on the basis of timing; this is…
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People were breaking into song and dance at TIFF this year. Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck” has one of…
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Focusing on Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges), a former CIA operative forced out of hiding when an old adversary comes looking…
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Whenever this day arrives, I think of how popular culture usually depicts momentous days in history as ones where ordinary…
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There was an abundance of music documentaries at TIFF last year for what feels like an obvious reason: musicians aren’t…
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Two of the three films in this dispatch were inspired by true events, while the third reflects the dire situation…
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Before anything else, there was that voice. Rich, regal, majestic, magnificent, and instantly recognizable—it seemed to come from a part…
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Someone once said, “Mike Leigh doesn’t make bad movies.” I repeated this in the days leading up to the premiere…
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